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LARRY HOWARD BRINKEY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 5, 1949 – May 6, 1969
Service recordLarry Howard Brinkey, of Troy, Michigan, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 13
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Troy, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 13
- ODIE C MCMURRAYSpecialist Four · May 6, 1969
- WILLIAM LODI NEGRINICorporal · May 6, 1969
- FRUTO JAMES OQUENDOSergeant · May 6, 1969
- MARVIN REED PAINTERCorporal · May 6, 1969
From Troy
- STANLEY LEROY MOORECorporal · June 11, 1966
- MICHAEL JON MARSHMANPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- JOSEPH VINCENT ZELINSKIPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- DONALD RICHARD BUSHONGSergeant · July 14, 1968
- HAROLD JOHN KLUSENDORFLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL RUDITYSCorporal · February 24, 1969
- J C REELPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- RONALD JAMES KILLINGPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- THOMAS MARK MCMAHON JRSpecialist Four · December 5, 1969
- RONALD KEITH KELSEYFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 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.