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LARRY KILITO BILONTA
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 3, 1939 – December 16, 1967
Service recordLarry Kilito Bilonta, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1939
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1967; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 7
- RODOLFO TREVINOSergeant · December 15, 1967
- DAN WAGNER JRSergeant First Class · December 15, 1967
- STEPHEN JOHN WHIPPLEPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- MICHAEL BERRIOSSergeant · December 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL BERRIOSSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 7
- VIRGIL LEMAR HITERPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 10
- JOHN WILLIAM VASILOPULOSCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 13
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1966
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.