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ROBERT MERCHANT LARSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 18, 1947 – July 15, 1971
Service recordRobert Merchant Larson, of Belmont, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 108
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Belmont, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 108
- CHRISTOPHER CORWIN COOKPrivate · July 15, 1971
- JAMES MARCELL DICKEYSpecialist Five · July 15, 1971
- ALEXANDER WILLIAM DUPLESSIEPrivate First Class · July 15, 1971
- TED JAMES TAYLORCaptain · July 15, 1971
From Belmont
- CREIGHTON ROONEY GRANTStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- DAVID HUGH HOLMESLieutenant Colonel · March 15, 1966
- WALTER DONALD RAYSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- TAHER FATHI GHAISSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- EDWARD GILBERT LEESergeant · May 13, 1968
- ALLAN JOHN EASTMANSpecialist Four · November 9, 1969
- JOHN CLIFFORD CHAVESPrivate First Class · April 11, 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.