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LARRY WILLIAM WATSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 10, 1949 – October 8, 1968
Service recordLarry William Watson, of Rochester, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 8, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 33
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Rochester, Minnesota (Olmsted County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 33
- ROBERT LEE URBANPrivate First Class · October 8, 1968
- DANIEL EARL WINTERSPrivate First Class · October 8, 1968
- WILLIAM EVERETT WYROSDICCorporal · October 8, 1968
- WARDELL LESTER ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
From Rochester
- DOUGLAS DEWEY WALLINPrivate First Class · August 26, 1967
- DAVID W MILDESecond Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- PAUL JAMES ALLENCorporal · April 11, 1968
- PAUL WARREN PAINELieutenant Commander · May 7, 1968
- BYRL WILLIAM GAERTNERLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- DONNIE ADELBERT GEERDESLance Corporal · June 13, 1968
- LOUIS JAMES SKANSONPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- DAVID ALLAN WEBERSergeant · March 25, 1969
- RONNIE GENE KLOMSTADSeaman · May 24, 1969
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.