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LARRY WAYNE HARVEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 29, 1943 – March 21, 1972
Service recordLarry Wayne Harvey, of Independence, Kansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1972, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 118
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Independence, Kansas (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1972
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1972; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In March 1972, 69 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 118
- JAMES GLENN TAYLORStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1972
- MIGUEL ANGEL CRUZ ALICEASergeant First Class · March 22, 1972
- RONALD STANLEY ANDERSONAirman First Class · March 23, 1972
- JAMES TERRY JACKSONMajor · March 23, 1972
From Independence
- SAMMY EDWARD KINNAMONSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- LLOYD JOSEPH WOOD SRSergeant First Class · April 30, 1969
- OTIS CARTERPrivate First Class · September 30, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.