Rank: Sergeant
Unit: A Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 5-Feb-1948
Hometown: Decorah, Iowa
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 28-Feb-1968
Start of tour: 19-Apr-1969
Incident date: 6-Jul-1969
Date of casualty: 6-Jul-1969
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Grenade. Multiple fragmentation wounds.
Larry Howard Johnson was killed while commander of a military vehicle on a combat operation when a hostile force was encountered. / Commander of armored personnel carrier (APC) on combat operation. Engaged hostile force in firefight.
Three Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
SP4 Kurtis Aurel Berry
SGT Larry Howard Johnson
SP4 William Francis Rigdon
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam, XT 580 380
Place of interment: Washington Prairie Lutheran Church Cemetery, Washington Prairie, Iowa, USA
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