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LARRY DOUGLAS ENGEBRETSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 9, 1946 – July 13, 1970
Service recordLarry Douglas Engebretson, of Snohomish, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 14
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Snohomish, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 14
- ROSS EDWARD BEDIENTSpecialist Four · July 13, 1970
- ROBERT LAMARR BRYANSergeant · July 13, 1970
- RICHARD WAYNE EVANSCorporal · July 13, 1970
- DAVID BARTOW HAYESSergeant First Class · July 13, 1970
From Snohomish
- CHARLES C PETERSONFirst Lieutenant · December 22, 1967
- BRUCE CALVIN CHRISTIANSpecialist Four · September 8, 1968
- OWEN TED MCCANDLISFirst Lieutenant · February 5, 1970
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.