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BLAINE LEROY HONEYCUTT
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 7, 1930 – March 9, 1969
Service recordBlaine Leroy Honeycutt, of Arkansas City, Kansas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 89
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 7, 1930
- Home of record
- Arkansas City, Kansas (Cowley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1969
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 89
- JUAN ENRIQUE GARCIA-DIAZSpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
- JOHNNY PAUL GRISSOMSergeant · March 9, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD HARRISONCorporal · March 9, 1969
- ELIJAH HERRING JRPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD EUGENE DEDMANSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 87
- WALTER JOHN LEMIEUXSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 90
- ARTHUR DALE LINDSEYPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 90
- LARRY DALE MATHENYPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 91
- RALPH EMERSON MAYERS IIICorporal · Panel 30W, Line 91
- ROBIN BREWER MILLERSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 91
- JOHN JAMES PETRIESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 94
From Arkansas City
- JOHN WEBSTER FINCHSpecialist Four · June 30, 1965
- PETER MARTINEZSergeant · January 21, 1966
- DOUGLAS ROBERT BITTLESpecialist Four · June 21, 1969
- AARON BRUCE SMITHPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- DAVID NEIL HEADCaptain · February 20, 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.