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LARRY WILLIAM KRAFT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 6, 1944 – February 25, 1968
Service recordLarry William Kraft, of Wooster, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 23
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Wooster, Ohio (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 23
- EDWARD KASNOWSpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
- RONALD LEE KUSTABORDERPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN LADEROUTELance Corporal · February 25, 1968
- DENNIS EUGENE LANECorporal · February 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK DENNIS ORTEGAPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 26
From Wooster
- DONALD EDWARD BYRUMPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- JENNINGS MILROY THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1967
- RUSSELL RAY FLESHERSecond Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- WALTER LEWIS MOSES JRSpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
- MILLARD RAY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- DENNIS CRAIG MARSHALLCorporal · September 13, 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.