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WILLIAM LARRY MOTT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 14, 1949 – January 29, 1969
Service recordWilliam Larry Mott, of Jefferson City, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 29, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 16
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Jefferson City, Tennessee (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 16
- DENNIS LEE KURZPetty Officer Third Class · January 29, 1969
- FRANK LEPTRONESpecialist Four · January 29, 1969
- CHARLES MANLEY MCGOVERNStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1969
- MIGUEL ANGEL PUENTESSpecialist Four · January 29, 1969
From Jefferson City
- JOHN WILLIAM WATKINSPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
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.