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ROBERT WILBUR LARISON
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 17, 1948 – November 1, 1967
Service recordRobert Wilbur Larison, of Pocatello, Idaho, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 4
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Pocatello, Idaho (Bannock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 4
- CHARLES EDWARD KAHLERSergeant · November 1, 1967
- JOHN DAVID MICHAELISSergeant First Class · November 1, 1967
- MOSES MICKLEPlatoon Sergeant · November 1, 1967
- BERTMANN EARL MILLERSpecialist Four · November 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD LYNN BARTLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 107
- JOHN B BURGESSPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 1
- ALBERT BRILLO JRSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 2
- BERTMANN EARL MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 4
- LEWIS MILTON OGLESergeant · Panel 29E, Line 5
- KENNETH EUGENE SLATERPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 6
- DAVID TUCKERSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 7
- MICHAEL VIEHWEGSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 7
From Pocatello
- GRANT LEROY CLARKCorporal · October 30, 1965
- MICHAEL LEE CROUSONPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
- RONALD GRANT MOTTISHAWSergeant · February 16, 1967
- CURTIS RICHARD BOHLSCHEIDCaptain · June 11, 1967
- WILLIAM E LEMMONSMajor · June 18, 1967
- GARY VIRGIL FRAZIERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANK GREENSpecialist Four · March 10, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE POLETTILance Corporal · September 10, 1968
- DOUGLAS NOEL ROWECorporal · March 9, 1969
- WILLIAM WHITBY OLSENSergeant · May 23, 1969
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.