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JIMMY LEE LARSEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 18, 1944 – March 18, 1969
Service recordJimmy Lee Larsen, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 70
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 70
- WILLARD SPENCER LUNDWarrant Officer 1 · March 18, 1969
- DANNY RAY MACKSpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
- DANNY JOE MAGGARDLance Corporal · March 18, 1969
- RICHARD HAROLD MEHEGANSpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE BARRETT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 65
- DAN MICHAEL BRITTSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 65
- MARK FRANCIS DANIELSSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 66
- LARRY KENT DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 67
- JOE BUTLER EASTERNPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 67
- WILLIAM LOVETT JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 71
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1966
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.