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HIRIS WAYNE BLEVINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 2, 1946 – June 17, 1969
Service recordHiris Wayne Blevins, of Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 63
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 63
- BILL LAVERN BERSTLERCorporal · June 17, 1969
- RONALD STEVEN CAMPBELLLance Corporal · June 17, 1969
- BILLY RAYMOND CHADWICKSpecialist Four · June 17, 1969
- DERRICK COREPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY ALONZA GRAHAMCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 65
- DAVID WILLIAM LOEWSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 66
From Little Rock
- LEVERNE WILLIAM MCKINLEYStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1965
- CHAMBLESS M CHESNUTTMajor · September 30, 1965
- JAMES MASSEYSergeant · August 24, 1965
- BOBBIE ELDON NOLENSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1966
- DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER IIISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY HOUSTONPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · February 24, 1966
- BOBBY LEON MORDENPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JAMES LARRY MCCRYSTALPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- WILLIE GREEN JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 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.