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Australian, American, South Vietnamese and Korean soldiers at the Đức Mỹ Ranger Training Center, December 1965.
Australian, American, South Vietnamese and Korean soldiers at the Đức Mỹ Ranger Training Center, December 1965. Photo: SP5 Allan K. Holm, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert Darrel Larson.

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ROBERT DARREL LARSON

Captain · U.S. Air Force

May 14, 1933 – February 2, 1962

Service record

Robert Darrel Larson, of Moorhead, Minnesota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 2, 1962, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 1E · Line 5

Position of Panel 1E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Born
May 14, 1933
Home of record
Moorhead, Minnesota (Clay County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 2, 1962
Age
28
Province
Bien Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

Three names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1962; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1962, 12 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 1E, Line 5

From Moorhead

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.