PFC Larry Huston Walden
Larry Walden was born March 18, 1947, to Clarence M Walden and Margie Hammett, Columbus, Mississippi. Little is know of his early childhood, except he had an Aunt Grace Walden, and Uncle Chester Walden.
Larry was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1967, and started his tour in Vietnam with the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry, Company C, 25th Infantry Division, on December 17, 1967.
Anita Miller, Larry’s Fiancee was making her wedding gown and they were planning to be married on his R+R in Hawaii.
Larry was KIA on March 2, 1968, Province of Gia Dinh, South Vietnam, when his unit of 48 men, was ambushed on the Route 248 Bridge Road, Quoi Xuah Hamlet. Only 3 survived by laying under the bodies of other fallen brothers and playing dead.
Larry was awarded a Combat Infantry Badge, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Medal, Vietnam Service w/Bronze Star Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, and Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation Medal.
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