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LARRY WAYNE NEILL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 2, 1948 – February 2, 1969
Service recordLarry Wayne Neill, of Lewisburg, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 42
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Lewisburg, Tennessee (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 42
- ARTHUR ALLEN CALLISTERCorporal · February 2, 1969
- CLARENCE LEE MCKINNONPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- JAMES JOHN MORRISONSpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
- RAYMOND NITO RIVERAPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
From Lewisburg
- ROY NANCE MANNSSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- JAMES MICHIAL MOORESergeant · November 13, 1969
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.