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LARRY WAYNE RYCROFT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 6, 1949 – November 23, 1968
Service recordLarry Wayne Rycroft, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 46
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 46
- FRANK SANFILIPPOPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- ROBERT LEONARD SANGSTERPrivate · November 23, 1968
- EDDIE LOU SHAFFERSergeant · November 23, 1968
- NOAH LELAND SMITHPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.