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JOHN RICHARD LARIMORE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 15, 1948 – November 24, 1968
Service recordJohn Richard Larimore, of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 50
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Aliquippa, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 50
- JOSEPH MICHAEL LIGHTCAPLance Corporal · November 24, 1968
- LONNY LEE LOYDPrivate First Class · November 24, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH MAILLOUXPrivate First Class · November 24, 1968
- LARRY JOE MASON SRStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1968
From Aliquippa
- DOYLE WILMER LYNNCommander · May 27, 1965
- JOHN WILLIE WHITEPrivate First Class · June 9, 1965
- RAYMOND SANTILLISpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- RONALD EDWARD MCCLELLANDSergeant · October 28, 1966
- JULIUS EDGAR JENKINSSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- JOSEPH ANDREW TOMKOCaptain · June 1, 1967
- NICK PANELLA JRPrivate First Class · July 3, 1967
- DAVID LAWRENCE COWARTLance Corporal · September 25, 1967
- ADOLPHUS ELLISPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- LAWRENCE RYLAND KOMANSecond Lieutenant · March 30, 1968
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.