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U.S. Army · United States 
Larry Maxey
1979
Larry Dean Maxey served the U.S. Army for 3 years.
How He Died
Manner
Accident
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
What Happened
Sergeant Larry Maxey was killed in an automobile accident in St. Clair County, Alabama while transporting two AWOL soldiers from Birmingham back to Fort McClellan.
He had been sent to pick them up after they were arrested in Birmingham. As they made the return trip a tractor-trailer crossed the median of I-20 and struck the prisoner transport van head-on. Sergeant Maxey and one of the soldiers were killed in the crash.
Sergeant Maxey, a U.S. Army Vietnam War veteran, was survived by his expectant wife and son. He had served five years with the U.S. Military Police.
He had been sent to pick them up after they were arrested in Birmingham. As they made the return trip a tractor-trailer crossed the median of I-20 and struck the prisoner transport van head-on. Sergeant Maxey and one of the soldiers were killed in the crash.
Sergeant Maxey, a U.S. Army Vietnam War veteran, was survived by his expectant wife and son. He had served five years with the U.S. Military Police.
Survivors
Army Vietnam War veteran, was survived by his expectant wife and son.
Service Record
U.S. Army
1973 – 1976
Also Served
United States Army Military Police Corps
Sergeant
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