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RICHARD ALLEN LARRICK
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 29, 1947 – September 26, 1968
Service recordRichard Allen Larrick, of Plymouth, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 18
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Plymouth, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 18
- JAMES DAVID HACEKCorporal · September 26, 1968
- DANNY CARLTON HAYESSergeant · September 26, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT HEARD JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1968
- MAURICE HARRISON KINKEADCorporal · September 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK JOSEPH CARLSONPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 16
From Plymouth
- RICHARD LOREN NOWRYCorporal · June 9, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS FIELDSSpecialist Four · February 15, 1969
- JAMES PATRICK ECKLESCorporal · August 12, 1969
- HUGH HENRY SARAHSpecialist Four · September 23, 1969
- HARRY FRANKLIN ZALESNY JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 22, 1969
- HARRY E BAKER JRSpecialist Four · March 31, 1970
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.