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REXFORD ADELBERT LAROCK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1947 – September 24, 1966
Service recordRexford Adelbert Larock, of Parish, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 24, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 8
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Parish, New York (Oswego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1966; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 8
- GERALD JOSEPH BANNACHSergeant First Class · September 24, 1966
- ELMER LEVERNE BUCHANANPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- ROBERT CHARLES HAUSERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- BURNS WINSHIP KNOWLTON JRPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- EDWIN JOSEF LUCKSTEADSpecialist Four · September 24, 1966
From Parish
- BERNARD BRUCE BRITTONSpecialist Four · August 20, 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.