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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Larry William McCoy.

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LARRY WILLIAM MCCOY

Private First Class · U.S. Army

April 14, 1951 – August 21, 1970

Service record

Larry William McCoy, of Canal Point, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 8W · Line 128

Position of Panel 8W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Wire Systems Installer (36C)
Unit (as recorded)
1 SIGNAL BDE
Born
April 14, 1951
Home of record
Canal Point, Florida (Palm Beach County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 21, 1970
Age
19
Province
Bien Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Burns/Smoke Inhalation

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What was happening

11 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.

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Also on Panel 8W, Line 128

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.