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LARKIN OSCAR VALLERAND
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 31, 1945 – June 25, 1966
Service recordLarkin Oscar Vallerand, of Tracy, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 25, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- March 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Tracy, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1966; 17 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “I CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 90
- HOLLIS ALLEN WALKERPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JERRY HIOTT WILLIAMSSergeant · June 24, 1966
- LAWRENCE DANE WOODSCaptain · June 24, 1966
- HENRY HAYDEN ALLMANPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- RONALD LEE HERBSTRITTPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
From Tracy
- JERRY WAYNE STANDRIDGECorporal · November 23, 1967
- MANUEL CATANO NEVESCorporal · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES RUSHERCorporal · January 7, 1968
- WILLIAM PISHNER JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 10, 1970
- DONNIE HOWARD RUSSELLSergeant · July 3, 1970
- RAYMOND R ENYEART JRSpecialist Five · January 5, 1971
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.