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LARKIN MCDONALD BEGGS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 17, 1947 – May 10, 1966
Service recordLarkin McDonald Beggs JR, of Miami, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 10, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 44
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
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 3 SPT BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- March 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 44
- CHARLES KENNETH MORAN JRLieutenant · February 25, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD BAILEYMajor · May 10, 1966
- JOHN WAYNE COATESPrivate · May 10, 1966
- MARVIN HOMER DAVISPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- JOEL MELNICKPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.