Larry Vinson Flora

Sergeant
I CO, 3RD BN, 26TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV
United States Marine Corps
31 October 1945 - 07 September 1967
Hilliard, Ohio
Panel 26E Line 023

3RD MARDIV

26TH MARINES
Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Larry Vinson Flora

19 Mar 2002

This memorial was initiated by the
Vietnam Veterans of America,
Chapter 55,
Licking County, Ohio

P. O. Box 624, Newark, Ohio 43058
vva55@netzero.net

A Note from The Virtual Wall

On 07 and 10 Sep 1967 the men of the 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines, fought two bitter battles along the main supply route between Cam Lo and Con Thien, just below the Demilitarized Zone. At least 56 Marines and sailors died in the fighting.

The fight on 07/08 Sep 1967 took place in and around a churchyard and cost the lives of 20 Americans:

  • C Btry, 1st Bn, 13th Marines
  • H&S Company:
    • Sgt Roy D. O'Neal, Gahanna, OH
    • HM2 Frank E. Robinson, Houston, TX
    • LCpl Dennis H. Marshall, Lisbon, NH

  • I Company:
    • Sgt Bruce H. Krage, Minnesota City, MN
    • LCpl James M. Daniels, Wichita, KS
    • LCpl Eddie D. Hamm, Nashville, TN
    • LCpl Gary W. Lindsay, Grand Forks, ND
    • LCpl Stephan J. Nelson, Princeton, MN
    • LCpl Robert R. Rogers, Gillette, WY

  • K Company:
    • Sgt Larry V. Flora, Hilliard, OH
    • Cpl James E. Lewis, Tiverton, RI
    • Cpl Robert M. Warren, Pen Argyl, PA
    • LCpl Donald L. Graves, Rochester, NY
    • LCpl Samuel L. Parker, Columbus, OH
    • Pfc Benito Morales, New Braunfels, TX
    • Pfc James H. Stuart, Turner, OR

  • M Company:
    • 1stLt John P. Manzi, Millbrook, NY


The point-of-contact for this memorial is
his comrades-in-arms,
Vietnam Veterans Of America, Chapter 55
P. O. Box 624, Newark, Ohio 43058
vva55@netzero.net
19 Mar 2002



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