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LARRY WILLIAM WHITCOME
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 27, 1944 – September 25, 1966
Service recordLarry William Whitcome, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 18
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 18
- PAUL DOUGLAS TICELance Corporal · September 24, 1966
- JAMES D STALLINGSCaptain · September 25, 1966
- JEFFREY PAUL VAUGHNCorporal · September 25, 1966
- ROBERT MITCHELL WATERSSpecialist Four · September 25, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LARRY JAMES CALLOWAYSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 13
- ROBERT DAWYNE FELLOWSSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 14
- JERRY LESTER NEWBRANDPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 16
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.