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LARRY LANCE WATKINS
Private · U.S. Army
November 15, 1947 – May 4, 1970
Service recordLarry Lance Watkins, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1970; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 98
- WAYNE LOUIS TORSIELLOSergeant · May 4, 1970
- MICHAEL ANTHONY VANCOSKYLance Corporal · May 4, 1970
- DOUGLAS NELSON WINFREYCaptain · May 4, 1970
- CHARLES EDWARD AARONSpecialist Four · May 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DEAN LOUIS BONNEAUWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 94
- TOMMY L KEARSLEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 95
- DEAN L AITKENSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 96
- LARRY FRANKLIN MATTINGLYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 96
- RODNEY ALAN TAYLORSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 97
- DOUGLAS NELSON WINFREYCaptain · Panel 11W, Line 98
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.