War is Hell

This iconic Vietnam War photograph shot June 18, 1965, by the late Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Horst Faas that is captioned as an unidentified American soldier of the 173rd Airborne Brigade is a photograph of Larry Wayne CHAFFIN.

Chaffin had many problems adjusting to civilian life when he returned from Vietnam. He died at the age of 39 from complications that arose from diabetes, an ailment he might have contracted from exposure to Agent Orange while serving in Vietnam. He died Dec. 3, 1985, and is buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis.