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WILLIAM RONALD LARKIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 30, 1949 – February 3, 1969
Service recordWilliam Ronald Larkin, of Hempstead, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 3, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 49
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
- January 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Hempstead, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1969; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 49
- DALE ARNOLD ECKOFFSeaman · February 3, 1969
- RONALD CHARLES JENSENPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- LESLIE ARTHUR JERSTADPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- LESTER JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · February 3, 1969
From Hempstead
- ALBERT PITTLieutenant Colonel · January 24, 1966
- JOHNNY HARRISONPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- HARRY EDWARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- ROBERT STANLEY LISZCZSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- JOHN ZUPANPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- HAROLD MASON JRSpecialist Four · May 29, 1968
- ALAIN JOSEPH TREMBLAYSergeant First Class · July 7, 1968
- JOHN GERARD COULON JRFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1968
- DONALD ARTHUR LAPESFirst Lieutenant · July 18, 1969
- ANTHONY JOSEPH BROULLONMajor · September 8, 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.