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GERALD LEE LARSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 27, 1930 – February 5, 1967
Service recordGerald Lee Larson, of Fargo, North Dakota, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 124
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Born
- May 27, 1930
- Home of record
- Fargo, North Dakota (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 124
- JAMES FRANK MCELYEAPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- MELVIN GLEN MOFFETTCorporal · February 5, 1967
- JIMMY EARL MUMFORDCorporal · February 5, 1967
- ROBERT RICHARD PORTEOUSLance Corporal · February 5, 1967
From Fargo
- JON ALFRED GREENLEYFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1966
- PAUL HARVEY WOLOSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- STEPHEN JOHN EICHELBERGERLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- MURRAY DEAN VIDLERPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- RONALD DALE BONDMajor · March 11, 1968
- DAVID JON NESSETFirst Lieutenant · April 19, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES GAFFANEY JRCorporal · July 13, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN BEYERMajor · July 30, 1968
- WENDELL RICHARD KELLERColonel · March 1, 1969
- DAVID ARLEN WALDERACaptain · April 2, 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.