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THOMAS LLOYD LARSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 5, 1946 – September 21, 1969
Service recordThomas Lloyd Larson, of Rock Island, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 123
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Rock Island, Illinois (Rock Island County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 123
- LEONEL MENDONCA SILVEIRALance Corporal · September 21, 1969
- LARRY RICKFORD SKINNERCorporal · September 21, 1969
- DAVID WILLARD SMITHPrivate First Class · September 21, 1969
- HENRY MATT STEWART JRSergeant · September 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILFREDO BALAGOT ANDRADASergeant · Panel 18W, Line 118
- DENNIS LEE BARTLEBAUGHCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 118
- CARL ANDREW DEANCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 118
- GREGORIO PEDRO CASTILLOPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 119
- STEVEN VERNON ELTINGPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 120
- JOE ALBERT FOSTER JRSergeant First Class · Panel 18W, Line 120
- DAVITT JOHN FRANKSCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 120
- LARRY CECIL HATHCOCKSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 120
- MICHAEL JEROME PACHECOCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 122
- HENRY MATT STEWART JRSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 123
From Rock Island
- DONALD L DRYOELSpecialist Four · April 24, 1966
- TIMOTHY WILLIAM KEARNEYWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1967
- DANNY WRAY ENGESSERPrivate First Class · August 31, 1967
- CHARLES JOSEPH ROGIERSMaster Sergeant · October 3, 1967
- DARWIN DALE GORDONPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- ARTHUR DALE SINKSENCorporal · June 2, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE BOETJESpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- ALLEN EDWARD GUYSergeant · August 26, 1968
- KENNETH JOSEPH KNOEFERLGunnery Sergeant · March 18, 1969
- JAMES MICHEAL KINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 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.