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TIMOTHY ELTON LARMON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 6, 1950 – October 21, 1969
Service recordTimothy Elton Larmon, of Santa Paula, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 102
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Ah-1 Attack Helicopter Repairer (67Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Santa Paula, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 102
- BUDDY EUGENE HENDERLIGHTSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
- ROBERT KENNEDY JRSergeant · October 21, 1969
- KEITH DALE MEHAFFEYPrivate First Class · October 21, 1969
- MARK JOSEPH PREISPrivate First Class · October 21, 1969
From Santa Paula
- MAX V VASQUEZ IIIPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- EDUARDO CHAVEZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- DENNY MILBURN JACKSONSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JUAN JOSEPH DEMARACorporal · March 5, 1968
- DANIEL JACQUES BOTTANPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- DENNIS MEVES KEITHSpecialist Four · February 6, 1969
- JIM RAY CAVENDERChief Warrant Officer 3 · November 4, 1969
- LONNIE DEE FOLEYStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1971
- WILLARD FRANCIS PAYNEStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1971
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.