Rank: Private First Class
Unit: Headquarters & Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 52A – Powerman
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 22-Sep-1945
Hometown: Forestville, New York
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 14-Sep-1965
Start of tour: 20-Aug-1966
Incident date: 2-Feb-1967
Date of casualty: 2-Feb-1967
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Larry Earl Smith was driver of a military vehicle when the vehicle hit a hostile mine.
Three Blackhorse troopers died in this incident
SP4 Robert Volnie Bair
SP4 James Eskel Forsman
PFC Larry Earl Smith
Location of fatality: Binh Long, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Sheridan Cemetery, Sheridan, New York, USA
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