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DONALD EDWARD LARUE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 10, 1949 – September 16, 1971
Service recordDonald Edward Larue JR, of Hempstead, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1971, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 17
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Hempstead, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1971; two of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 17
- GEORGE ALLEN FLOYDPrivate First Class · September 15, 1971
- JOSEPH ROBERT YOUNGSpecialist Four · September 15, 1971
- GEORGE WALTER BOULWARESergeant First Class · September 16, 1971
- JOHN WINSLOW LAWRENCE JRMajor · September 16, 1971
From Hempstead
- ALBERT PITTLieutenant Colonel · January 24, 1966
- JOHNNY HARRISONPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- HARRY EDWARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- ROBERT STANLEY LISZCZSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- JOHN ZUPANPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- HAROLD MASON JRSpecialist Four · May 29, 1968
- ALAIN JOSEPH TREMBLAYSergeant First Class · July 7, 1968
- JOHN GERARD COULON JRFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1968
- WILLIAM RONALD LARKINPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- DONALD ARTHUR LAPESFirst Lieutenant · July 18, 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.