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LOEL FLOYD LARGENT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 13, 1950 – April 10, 1969
Service recordLoel Floyd Largent, of Rusk, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 52
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Rusk, Texas (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 52
- EDWIN HOLLAND PUMPHREYSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
- JACKIE LEE RATCLIFFCorporal · April 10, 1969
- OLIVER EUGENE REYNOLDS JRCorporal · April 10, 1969
- JOSEPH FRANK SPINNICCHIASergeant · April 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOHN DAUBERTSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 48
- DWIGHT MONTGOMERY DURHAMSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 48
- THOMAS JAMES HUCKABASergeant · Panel 27W, Line 49
- ROBERT ALLAN JINESSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 50
- MICHAEL WAYNE LIZARRAGASergeant · Panel 27W, Line 50
- JOHN GORDON NURSESergeant · Panel 27W, Line 51
- STANLEY JOHN OTTMARSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 51
- EUGENE CONSTANTINO ZAMORAPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 53
From Rusk
- WILLIAM EDWARD SMITHPlatoon Sergeant · May 29, 1968
- DONALD HENRY MABRYCaptain · August 7, 1968
- FRANCIS WAYNE TOWNSENDCaptain · August 13, 1972
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.