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LARRY LEE FONTAINE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 24, 1946 – November 7, 1966
Service recordLarry Lee Fontaine, of Lincoln, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 7, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 37
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 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Nebraska (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 37
- BENJAMIN HARRY HARRISCorporal · November 7, 1966
- CLINNIS HARRELL JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- DONALD LEROY JACOBSENCaptain · November 7, 1966
- JOHN A MEANSPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
From Lincoln
- RICHARD LANSING ZICHEKLance Corporal · July 15, 1965
- LEE DAVID ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1966
- HARVEY LEROY ENGELPetty Officer First Class · March 11, 1966
- JOHN A MCCURDYCaptain · April 15, 1966
- PHILIP NEIL MADDOXSergeant · May 28, 1966
- JOHN ERNEST JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH RI BRANSTROMHospitalman · December 8, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- MICHAEL CARL NEWMANSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
- CLARENCE ALFRED KIMMPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
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.