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DAVID ALLEN LARSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 21, 1948 – February 27, 1970
Service recordDavid Allen Larson, of Belcourt, North Dakota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 63
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Belcourt, North Dakota (Rolette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 63
- JOHNNY JOE GALLARDOSergeant · February 27, 1970
- RAYMOND CURTIS HETZLERSpecialist Four · February 27, 1970
- JOE LONGSergeant First Class · February 27, 1970
- HOWARD LEWIS LUCAS JRPrivate First Class · February 27, 1970
From Belcourt
- CHRISTOPHER WILMER DAVISSpecialist Four · March 18, 1967
- DENNIS JAMES MANSONCorporal · June 6, 1969
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.