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LARRY DEAN BLEEKER
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 21, 1943 – October 26, 1967
Service recordLarry Dean Bleeker, of Ames, Iowa, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 26, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 72
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- June 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Ames, Iowa (Story County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 72
- JOSEPH ROBERT BECK JRSpecialist Five · October 26, 1967
- RONALD DAVID BENNETTCaptain · October 26, 1967
- RUSSEL DEAN BENTSONWarrant Officer 1 · October 26, 1967
- RICHARD KLEMM BOYD JRMajor · October 26, 1967
From Ames
- JAMES ALAN LASCHEPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- JAMES LEE MERRICK JRLieutenant · October 3, 1968
- DAVID WENDELL MYERSCaptain · November 20, 1968
- STEPHEN ABRAM RUSHINGSergeant · July 30, 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.