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LARRY DUANE TRAASETH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 1, 1948 – December 18, 1967
Service recordLarry Duane Traaseth, of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 18, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 19
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- November 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Eau Claire, Wisconsin (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 19
- MICHAEL PATRICK RUANESecond Lieutenant · December 18, 1967
- DENNIS LEON SENZLance Corporal · December 18, 1967
- BENNIE ALSTONPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- DAVE EDWARD ASHFORDSergeant First Class · December 19, 1967
From Eau Claire
- RODNEY JAMES OLSONPrivate First Class · January 31, 1966
- GORDON HARRY BLEXRUDESergeant · August 24, 1965
- GERALD ARLENE VIZERPrivate First Class · May 30, 1967
- ERLING ALTON ANDERSONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- HAROLD JOHN MOECaptain · September 26, 1967
- ROY ARTHUR HUSSLieutenant (junior grade) · February 6, 1968
- LOWELL TODD PETERSONPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- RONALD ROY BLOHMWarrant Officer 1 · September 10, 1968
- THOMAS HAROLD UTEGAARDSergeant · June 13, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT DEVNEYPrivate First Class · July 19, 1969
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.