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JAMES ROBERT BLEVINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 4, 1945 – November 5, 1966
Service recordJames Robert Blevins, of Crown Point, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 26
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Crown Point, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 26
- ROBERT LEE WRIGHTPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- BOBBY YOUNGPrivate · November 4, 1966
- ROY ROGER BLEWETTPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- GERALD LEE BOURDEAUPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GERALD LEE BOURDEAUPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 26
- DAVID LAWRENCE CARLSONPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 27
- WALTER HARVEY MYERS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 29
- ALFRED SEVENSKIPrivate · Panel 12E, Line 29
From Crown Point
- ROBERT CARL BRIXPrivate First Class · December 12, 1965
- RONALD A VANSESSENFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT PINTARLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- DAVID MARTIN DLUZAKSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE STAEHLISergeant · April 30, 1968
- GERALD WILLIAM FIEGLEMaster Gunnery Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- THOMAS JOE HOECKELBERGSpecialist Five · December 23, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN ELLSWORTHSpecialist Five · June 24, 1969
- WILLIAM JUNIOR AHARTSpecialist Five · January 9, 1970
- DARYL ROBERT GROTHAUSSpecialist Five · July 2, 1970
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.