The Wall › Panel 4W › Washington › Larry Arnold Simonson
LARRY ARNOLD SIMONSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 14, 1949 – March 25, 1971
Service recordLarry Arnold Simonson, of Mercer Island, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1971, in Laos, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 78
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Mercer Island, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1971. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while Operation Lam Son 719 was under way. In Lam Son 719 (February–March 1971), South Vietnamese troops drove into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, carried and supported by U.S. helicopters and aircraft; more than 100 U.S. helicopters were lost.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 78
- JEROME ELLIS JACKSONPrivate · March 25, 1971
- MANUEL RAMERIZ PUENTESStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1971
- RICHARD JOSEPH ROSSANOCorporal · March 25, 1971
- RANDALL ALAN THOMPSONCorporal · March 25, 1971
- ROBERT LEE WUNDERPrivate First Class · March 25, 1971
From Mercer Island
- JOHN FRANCIS BERGERSONSecond Lieutenant · January 29, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR JOHANSENWarrant Officer 1 · January 18, 1968
- DAVID HOWARD WARNERCorporal · February 17, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS FROSTPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- DARRYL WHITNEY WRIGHTCorporal · March 6, 1968
- RANSOM CRAIG CYRSpecialist Four · May 28, 1968
- RICHARD OTIS KROGHCorporal · August 26, 1968
- LEONARD PETER SPARKMANLance Corporal · August 12, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD WALDOWSKIWarrant Officer 1 · August 20, 1969
- BRADFORD MARK GRAHAMSpecialist Five · November 18, 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.