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RICHARD KEMP LARSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 2, 1949 – July 26, 1969
Service recordRichard Kemp Larson, of Santa Ana, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 50
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Santa Ana, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 50
- TOMMY HUERTAPrivate First Class · July 26, 1969
- RAY GENE HUFFPrivate First Class · July 26, 1969
- ARNOLD BRYAN JACKSONPrivate First Class · July 26, 1969
- JACK CRAVEN JOHNSTON JRCorporal · July 26, 1969
From Santa Ana
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DOMINGO ESCALANTE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- RALPH JEAN TURCOTTELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · May 26, 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.