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LARRY DEAN BLEYTHING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 26, 1950 – April 18, 1969
Service recordLarry Dean Bleything, of Ottumwa, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Ottumwa, Iowa (Wapello County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 105
- WILLIAM RACCAFirst Lieutenant · April 17, 1969
- JAMES ALEXANDER BAKASpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- KENNETH RAY BRINKERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- JOHN BURGESSSergeant · April 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LOY HUMPHREYCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 109
- GLEN DALE TOMEKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 5
From Ottumwa
- KENNETH A MALLONEESpecialist Five · October 3, 1966
- DAVID LEROY PARISHSpecialist Four · March 15, 1967
- TERRY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- PAUL DAVID EKARTPetty Officer Third Class · January 26, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS LINKSergeant · March 30, 1968
- TERRY VERNON MILLERCorporal · May 29, 1969
- MICHAEL HUGH BEAVERSpecialist Four · December 29, 1969
- RUSSELL CRAIG SCULLYPrivate First Class · September 1, 1970
- DUANE ALLAN COTTRELLSpecialist Four · September 23, 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.