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LARRY DEAN WINTERTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 3, 1947 – July 17, 1968
Service recordLarry Dean Winterton, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 1
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
- Aircraft Electronic Systems Technician A-4/Ta-4/Oa-4 (6332)
- Born
- June 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota (Minnehaha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 1
- DALE LARRY WEAVERLance Corporal · July 17, 1968
- JAMES RAYMOND WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · July 17, 1968
- JOE BUCK WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- THOMAS ALPHONSE WOOLRIDGESergeant · July 17, 1968
From Sioux Falls
- LOUIS JAMES CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · December 19, 1965
- DENNIS CLARK KNUTSONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- ROGER ALLAN PETERSENPrivate First Class · October 14, 1966
- PAUL OLYNN EVANSLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- RONALD RA VANREGENMORTERCaptain · January 12, 1967
- JAMES LEE STEINEKEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- RONALD CHARLES GEHLERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- DARRELL DEAN VENENGAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- SAMUEL FANTLE IIICaptain · January 5, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID MARKSPrivate First Class · January 8, 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.