Fredrick Ellis Larsen

Specialist 4
C CO, 3RD BN, 187TH INFANTRY, 101 ABN DIV
Army of the United States
19 December 1942 - 05 March 1968
Seattle, Washington
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101 ABN DIV 187TH INF RGT
Combat Infantry

Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

Airborne!

The database page for Fredrick Ellis Larsen

01 Jan 2006

A Memorial to

FREDRICK ELLIS LARSEN



SGT. FREDRICK LARSEN

Fredrick E. Larsen

Sgt Fredrick E. Larsen, 25, of Sparks, has died in Vietnam as the result of wounds received in action against enemy forces. He died March 5.

A native of Fallon, he had attended schools in that community before moving to Sparks in 1954. He then attended Sparks High School and was graduated from there in 1961.

He was the son of Mrs. Eva Sandman, of 1340 Zephyr Way, Sparks, and Lawrence Larsen, of Aberdeen, Wash.

Sgt. Larsen joined the U. S. Army in February 1967. He had been in Vietnam since November 1967.

In addition to his parents, survivors include sisters Louise Jones, of Ranier, Ore., and Emma Lee Gillie, of Zephyr Cove; his step-father, Harry Sandman, of Sparks.

Grandparents Mabel E. Nickerson, of Ventura, Calif., Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Larsen, of Elkton, Ore., and step-grandparents James P. Sandman, Ogden, Utah, and Mrs. and Mrs Orville Coop, of Elko.

A military funeral service will be conducted in Fallon, the date and time to be announced by the Austin Funeral Home.

The service will be in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in Fallon.

In honor of my step brother
Clayton M. Peterson
ezee2remember@earthlink.net

A Note from The Virtual Wall

Charlie Company, 3/187th Infantry, lost four men on 05 March 1968:
  • SGT Gary R. Burnett, Union, MO
  • SP4 David L. Bidart, Reno, NV
  • CPL Michael W. Langer, Milwaukee, WI
  • SP4 Fredrick E. Larsen, Seattle, WA




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