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LARRY J OROSCO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 11, 1948 – August 18, 1967
Service recordLarry J Orosco, of Corona, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Corona, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 13
- CHARLES JAMES HOLLANDSergeant First Class · August 18, 1967
- DANIEL MAKAREWICZPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- FRED W MITCHELL JRStaff Sergeant · August 18, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD PATTERSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WAYNE BADONPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 10
- HAROLD BRUCE BARTONPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 10
- MARVIN DOUGLAS BUCKRIDGESpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 10
- KERRY EDWARD CLARKPrivate · Panel 25E, Line 11
- STEPHEN WINFIELD DAVISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 25E, Line 11
- ADAN FIGUEROAPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 11
- JOHN CHARLES IMRIESpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 12
- THOMAS R KELLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 12
- KENNETH JAY MANDERFELDPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 12
- FRED W MITCHELL JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 25E, Line 13
- ROBERT AMMON SNAVELYPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 14
- DAVID PAUL WERNETPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 14
From Corona
- ROBERT EMMETT JONESPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- CHARLES GORDON WOODSPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
- MIGUEL ZARAGOZA CONTRERASLance Corporal · July 20, 1967
- FRANK DANIEL LEALPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- ARCHIE JAMES ROBERTS JRCorporal · May 11, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WILKESStaff Sergeant · August 31, 1968
- JOSEPH TREJO JRPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- EDWARD GERARD MATHERNPrivate First Class · September 3, 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.