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MICHAEL CONRAD LARSEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 2, 1949 – July 19, 1968
Service recordMichael Conrad Larsen, of Cedar River, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 12
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Cedar River, Michigan (Menominee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 51W, Line 12
- CECIL LEROY MATTHEW JRSergeant · July 19, 1968
- ROBERT DAVIS MORRISPrivate · July 19, 1968
- GERALD PHILLIP OGLESBYPrivate First Class · July 19, 1968
- CHARLES LEO ONEILL JRCorporal · July 19, 1968
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.