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CURTIS BREEDLOVE
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 26, 1937 – May 12, 1969
Service recordCurtis Breedlove, of Bryson City, North Carolina, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 62
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Training Officer (2520)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 26, 1937
- Home of record
- Bryson City, North Carolina (Swain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 25W, Line 62
- DAVID JOSEPH BORONSeaman · May 12, 1969
- KENNETH LEE BRINKSStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1969
- CHARLES LYNN BROWNSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- GEORGE ARTHUR BROWNCorporal · May 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT G CEVALLOSSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 65
- CLYDE RAY GREENStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 69
- MELVIN GREEN JRSergeant First Class · Panel 25W, Line 69
- ADANO HERNANDEZ MADRIDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 25W, Line 76
- DENNIS ARTHUR MCELROYStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 78
- WAVERY MOOREStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 78
- WASHINGTON PAULEYSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 81
- RONALD GAIL SMITHEESecond Lieutenant · Panel 25W, Line 85
From Bryson City
- JAMES ERVIN LAKEYLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS ROLLAND SUTTONSergeant · May 26, 1968
- WAYNE DANIEL JENKINSSpecialist Four · September 12, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM TUCK JRCorporal · February 4, 1969
- BILLY VANCE MORRISSpecialist Four · October 22, 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.