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LARRY WAYNE WILKERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 22, 1947 – April 20, 1967
Service recordLarry Wayne Wilkerson, of Beaumont, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 54
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY I FF
- Born
- December 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Beaumont, Texas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY I FF”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 54
- WILLIAM RAYMOND LUNDBERGSpecialist Four · April 20, 1967
- PHILIP GENE OVERTURFPrivate · April 20, 1967
- ERNEST MACK SKINNERSpecialist Five · April 20, 1967
- RODIS JOHN WARRENSergeant First Class · April 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RUFUS RAY CROOMSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 52
- GARY REGAN FOXPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 53
From Beaumont
- JAMES LOUIS ALLENPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS HOPKINSSpecialist Five · February 6, 1966
- WARREN SHELBY MCELHANONPrivate First Class · March 9, 1966
- JOHN HENRY EAGLINSergeant · April 11, 1966
- DENNIS LEE REEVESSergeant · April 14, 1966
- FREDERIC WILLIAM FRITTSSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- BRENT IKE GRIGGSPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- CLAUDE BENJAMIN RUSH JRStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- CLAIR LEONARD RAY SAINTCorporal · February 26, 1967
- LEONARD BURTON POORESpecialist Four · June 22, 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.