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CHARLES KENNETH LARKINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 9, 1945 – February 11, 1969
Service recordCharles Kenneth Larkins, of Beech Grove, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 14
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- September 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Beech Grove, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 14
- RUSSELL LEE HARRISFirst Lieutenant · February 11, 1969
- BILLY GUINN LANGLEYCorporal · February 11, 1969
- HARVEY EUGENE LOTTLance Corporal · February 11, 1969
- LARRY JOE LUCKETTSeaman · February 11, 1969
From Beech Grove
- LARRY JAMES PIERSONLance Corporal · May 26, 1968
- RONALD LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- JAMES LEON THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
- MICHAEL STEPHEN CARTERSpecialist Four · February 16, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.