Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: A Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 45K – Armament Repairer
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 1-Nov-1945
Hometown: Havana, Illinois
Marital status: Married to Judy A. Ladd, one daughter
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 9-Sep-1969
Start of tour: 2-Apr-1970
Incident date: 19-Jun-1970
Date of casualty: 19-Jun-1970
Age at death: 24
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
Larry Robert Ladd was killed while he was emplacing explosive devices near a night defensive position when a hostile force was encountered. / On patrol mission just outside of night defensive position (NDP) setting up automatic ambush. Engaged hostile force in firefight.
Three Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
SP4 Francis Ray Addis
1LT Robert Knapp Henderson Jr
SP4 Larry Robert Ladd
Location of fatality: Cambodia, XU 453 013
Place of interment: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Havana, Illinois, USA
View this soldier‘s Find a Grave page (opens in a new window)