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LARRY J BLANKENSHIP
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 20, 1947 – February 5, 1968
Service recordLarry J Blankenship, of Midfield, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Midfield, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. 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 37E, Line 31
- JACK ALLEN BEARDSergeant · February 5, 1968
- MICHAEL WAYNE BERKERYSecond Lieutenant · February 5, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS BIBBYCorporal · February 5, 1968
- JACK CROSBY BOGARDPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAUL CANDELARIAPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 33
- JOSEPH EDWARD HEIMANSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 36
- LEE RAY KINGSpecialist Five · Panel 37E, Line 37
- MICHAEL S LANEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 38
- JEFFREY PAUL MORLEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 37E, Line 40
- STEVEN JOHN STROUBSpecialist Five · Panel 37E, Line 45
From Midfield
- JAMES DAVID BEAVERSSergeant · June 6, 1973
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.