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FRED DUANE LARSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 22, 1949 – April 24, 1970
Service recordFred Duane Larson, of Pollock, South Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 46
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Pollock, South Dakota (Campbell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 46
- PAUL JOSEPH GUELIGPrivate First Class · April 24, 1970
- GERALD WAYNE HAYPrivate First Class · April 24, 1970
- JEFFREY KAY HOAGLANDCorporal · April 24, 1970
- RICHARD ALLEN MOIRENSergeant · April 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ROBERT FOWLERCaptain · Panel 11W, Line 44
- OSCAR THOMAS FRANCISPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 45
From Pollock
- LEROY MOSERPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
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.