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KEITH WAYNE LARIMER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 13, 1947 – June 19, 1969
Service recordKeith Wayne Larimer, of Tulare, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 90
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
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Tulare, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 90
- ELIJAH INGRAMPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
- GARLAND BRYAN KING JRLieutenant Colonel · June 19, 1969
- PAUL FREDERICK LITTLESpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM OKEEFEMajor · June 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GILBERT RAY BARGMANNPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 84
- CARL JOSEPH BIEKERSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 85
- THOMAS JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 85
- GARY WILLIAM CARLSONCaptain · Panel 22W, Line 85
- LARRY RAY CLARKSpecialist Five · Panel 22W, Line 85
- DAVID DEITCHPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 87
- DAVID ALLEN MADDENCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 91
- KENNETH LEWIS MCFALLCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 91
- JOHN HENRY PRIEST JRSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 93
- STEPHEN DENNIS VANDYKECorporal · Panel 22W, Line 94
From Tulare
- REYNALDO CASTIL HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- FRED CONTRERAS NUNEZStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1967
- WILLIAM O SAUNDERS JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- ALVIN RAY BROWNSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- LEONARD LONGHospitalman · March 26, 1968
- DENNIS EDWARD PURCELLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- DAVID ANDREW JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 24, 1968
- PILAR JOSEPH CUELLARPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD WELLSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- CHARLES ALEXANDER JONESSergeant First Class · May 22, 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.