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LARRY WYATT KILGORE
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 6, 1950 – October 20, 1970
Service recordLarry Wyatt Kilgore, of Lees Summit, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 12
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Lees Summit, Missouri (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 12
- JOHN DEWITT DRAKESeaman · October 20, 1970
- TERENCE ARNOLD HANDLEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 20, 1970
- VINCENT R KOTARSKI JRPrivate First Class · October 20, 1970
- RICHARD WILLIAM MARSHALLSpecialist Five · October 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALEXANDER CAMPBELL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 11
From Lees Summit
- DENNIS RAY PUCKETTSeaman · March 29, 1967
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.