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LARRY WAYNE ROTHEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 1, 1949 – May 7, 1971
Service recordLarry Wayne Rothel, of Granbury, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1971, in Cambodia, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 26
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Granbury, Texas (Hood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1971. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 26
- GARY DUANE COCHRANSergeant · May 8, 1971
- STEPHEN FRANCIS GRAYSpecialist Four · May 8, 1971
- ALBERT RAY HANKINSPrivate First Class · May 8, 1971
- GARY ALLEN KIRCHNERPrivate First Class · May 8, 1971
Same unit, same day
- FRANK WALTER BENGTSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3W, Line 25
- DAVID PAUL MEYERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 3W, Line 25
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.