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JOHN GILBERT LARSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 12, 1947 – December 30, 1966
Service recordJohn Gilbert Larson, of Blackfoot, Idaho, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 102
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Blackfoot, Idaho (Bingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 102
- CARL EUGENE BOLDENLance Corporal · December 30, 1966
- RANDOLPH SCOTT HUTCHINSONPrivate First Class · December 30, 1966
- RICHARD HOMER LOWERYMajor · December 30, 1966
- ERIC C MAGNUSON JRSpecialist Four · December 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ALFREDO JOSE SAENZSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 101
From Blackfoot
- GARY W BITTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- JAMES LLOYD WALKERPrivate First Class · October 30, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSEN SMITHFirst Lieutenant · September 12, 1968
- SHELDON DALE HOSKINSCorporal · October 7, 1968
- LEO JOE ADAKAICorporal · August 7, 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.