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LARRY DON KITTRELL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 5, 1948 – October 2, 1968
Service recordLarry Don Kittrell, of Highlands, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 2, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 62
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Highlands, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 62
- JOSEPH LEE HOPKINS JRSpecialist Five · October 2, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE KINGLance Corporal · October 2, 1968
- ARTHUR GLENN MARTINLance Corporal · October 2, 1968
- CURTIS ONEIL MILLERPrivate First Class · October 2, 1968
From Highlands
- JAMES A GOODMANStaff Sergeant · July 7, 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.