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LARRY PAUL BLACKMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 7, 1946 – February 17, 1967
Service recordLarry Paul Blackman, of Denison, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 17, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 53
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Denison, Iowa (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 53
- LUIS VIGO-NEGRINStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- WILLIAM DAVID WESSELLSStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- JOSEPH WIGGINSSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
From Denison
- MICHAEL CARR SPOTSWOODPrivate First Class · December 29, 1968
- ALLEN RAY ARNOLDSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- DENNIS WAYNE HOLTORFPrivate First Class · November 29, 1969
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.