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THOMAS JOHN LARKIN II
Captain · U.S. Army
August 15, 1946 – May 14, 1970
Service recordThomas John Larkin II, of Steubenville, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 41
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Steubenville, Ohio (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1970; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 41
- DAVID ROBERT GOLLSpecialist Five · May 14, 1970
- EDWARD GLENN HUNTLEYSpecialist Four · May 14, 1970
- RAYMOND HENRY KRUG JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 14, 1970
- DONALD G KUZILLASergeant · May 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DOUGLAS BLAIRPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 38
- STEPHEN C CHASINWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 39
- RAYMOND HENRY KRUG JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 41
- JAMES PORTWOOD JRCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 43
- HERMAN SERNASpecialist Five · Panel 10W, Line 43
- JACK RUSSELL SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 43
- KENT CHILDS TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 44
From Steubenville
- FREDERICK LEE RYANPrivate First Class · June 21, 1966
- JOHN R CANIFFSpecialist Four · November 5, 1966
- CHARLES HOMER BALLPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- THOMAS FRANCIS MASTROIANNIPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- ARTHUR ELLIOTT JONESSergeant · March 28, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT ENSELLSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- JAMES WARREN ALLEN JRCorporal · November 8, 1967
- HOWARD KEITH WILLIAMSLieutenant Colonel · March 18, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN LULLAFirst Lieutenant · April 1, 1968
- CALVIN CHARLES GLOVERChief Master Sergeant · May 22, 1968
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.