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LARRY EUGENE WILSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 1, 1947 – June 17, 1967
Service recordLarry Eugene Wilson, of Chaska, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 5
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Chaska, Minnesota (Carver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1967; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 5
- CHARLES CHRISTOPHER BONNETFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 1967
- LLOYD CYRUS WOHLFORD JRPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- VERNON HOWARD BAKER IICorporal · June 18, 1967
- JAMES E BERRYAirman · June 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DON LE ROY DEATHRAGE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 119
- RICHARD LEE JENNERPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 122
From Chaska
- GARRITY VOGELPrivate First Class · March 6, 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.