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STEVEN MICHAEL LARRABEE
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
August 25, 1949 – March 24, 1971
Service recordSteven Michael Larrabee, of Irvine, California, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1971, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 73
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Irvine, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1971; two of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 73
- JEROME DON KLEINPrivate First Class · March 24, 1971
- JOHN CLINTON MERRITTStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1971
- WILLIAM EDWARD NEALSpecialist Four · March 24, 1971
- HERMAN EDWARD PICHONPrivate First Class · March 24, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM DAVID SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 74
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.