CW4 Larry Leon Deal, age 72, of Oak Island, North Carolina passed away on Thursday, April 6, 2023.
Chief Deal was born September 26, 1950, in Fussen, Germany, son of Erika Deal and the late CSM Harold Leon Deal.
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