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LARRY WAYNE RABREN
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
March 13, 1949 – April 30, 1970
Service recordLarry Wayne Rabren, of Valparaiso, Florida, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 76
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Valparaiso, Florida (Okaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1970; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 76
- JON LESLIE PADGETTSergeant · April 30, 1970
- ROBERT DUANE PALMORECorporal · April 30, 1970
- LONNIE BARRY ROBERTSSpecialist Four · April 30, 1970
- JOHN LESLIE SENSINGCaptain · April 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JACK CHARLES EVERTSSpecialist Five · Panel 11W, Line 72
From Valparaiso
- CHARLES KENT PURCELL IIPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- JACK DEWAYNE TUGGLE JRSergeant · April 17, 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.