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DUANE CLIFFORD LARSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 27, 1948 – February 4, 1970
Service recordDuane Clifford Larson, of Fridley, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Fridley, Minnesota (Anoka County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 99
- VINCENT ROBERT THORNBURGGunnery Sergeant · February 3, 1970
- ROBERT MERRILL WARNOCKSpecialist Four · February 3, 1970
- CHARLES HENRY WRIGHTPrivate First Class · February 3, 1970
- JOHN MOORE BURNLEYSergeant · February 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK LERVILLE COLEPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 100
- ROBERT ORVILLE COLLINSSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 100
- ROOSEVELT GEORGE DOCKERYCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 100
- MICHAEL LLOYD NEUDAHLSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 101
- GERALD DOUGLAS TOMLINSONCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 102
- ROBERT LYNN UFFORDStaff Sergeant · Panel 14W, Line 102
From Fridley
- JAMES WALTER MILLERPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- DONALD LEE PETERSONPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- DUANE WILLARD NYBLOMPrivate First Class · May 15, 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.