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LARRY JOSEPH LARSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 30, 1946 – March 26, 1967
Service recordLarry Joseph Larson, of Carmel, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 26, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 55
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
- December 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Carmel, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 55
- STEPHEN MICHAEL MINICKSergeant · March 26, 1967
- RALPH JAMES SMITHCorporal · March 26, 1967
- JAMES LAYMAN VERHELSTLance Corporal · March 26, 1967
- CYRIL JEFFREY WESTLYHospitalman · March 26, 1967
From Carmel
- CHARLES F DEAMARAL JRMajor · October 4, 1965
- KLAUS WARRELMANNSergeant · November 1, 1966
- FRANK GEORGE ANTONESeaman · December 23, 1967
- MARK MACDONALD SERREMFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- PHILIPPE B FALESMajor · November 16, 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.