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LARRY LEE KNUTSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 17, 1947 – March 5, 1967
Service recordLarry Lee Knutson, of Radium, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 21
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Radium, Minnesota (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 21
- FREDERICK BURRISSpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
- DENNIS RAY JENSENPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- HAMPDEN CUTTS JUDSON JRFirst Lieutenant · March 5, 1967
- KENNETH WAYNE LAMPMANSpecialist Four · March 5, 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.