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WILLIAM FRANCIS LARSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 21, 1943 – October 24, 1969
Service recordWilliam Francis Larson, of Silverton, Oregon, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 113
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Silverton, Oregon (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 113
- JAMES CRAIG MCPHILLIPSLance Corporal · October 24, 1969
- HERBERT LEE MOORE JRPrivate · October 24, 1969
- HELMUT WALTER PAIERStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1969
- MAX WELKER PUGMIRESpecialist Four · October 24, 1969
From Silverton
- DAVID CHARLES ORFIELDPrivate First Class · December 31, 1966
- GARY RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
- FIDENCIO FLORES JRSpecialist Four · April 23, 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.