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LARRY WILBERT ELLIOTT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 5, 1949 – February 14, 1968
Service recordLarry Wilbert Elliott, of Sherman, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 31
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Sherman, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 144 of its members that month.
He died in Bien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 31
- GEORGE HARLAND DIZECorporal · February 14, 1968
- DON MICHAEL DOORNBOSCorporal · February 14, 1968
- JOSEPH PATRICK DUNNCommander · February 14, 1968
- ROBERT MALCOLM ELLIOTColonel · February 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD L BEGODYSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 28
- WILLIAM BLAKELYPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 29
- RODOLFO DELEONPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 30
- ALBERT ALLEN TIPPETTSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 40
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.