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VIRGIL LEE LARKINS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 2, 1950 – May 10, 1969
Service recordVirgil Lee Larkins, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 10, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 40
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 40
- EDWARD ATKUCUNASLance Corporal · May 10, 1969
- PAUL NORMAN KUPCHINSKASSergeant · May 10, 1969
- PAUL DAVID MANNEROWLance Corporal · May 10, 1969
- ROY JAMES MROSEWSKEPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.