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LARRY BLAINE DURST
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 31, 1948 – October 30, 1968
Service recordLarry Blaine Durst, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 57
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 57
- JOSEPH FERROPrivate First Class · October 30, 1968
- GERALD HENRY FORGUESergeant · October 30, 1968
- HARLAN LEE GRAHAMSergeant Major · October 30, 1968
- DANNY MICHEAL GRAYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DALE HARLAN AMUNDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 56
- JAMES VAN HOWARDCorporal · Panel 40W, Line 58
- JIM GLENN BELL JRSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 59
- KEVIN EUGENE MOLINECorporal · Panel 40W, Line 59
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.