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LURAL LEE BLEVINS III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 25, 1945 – August 16, 1968
Service recordLural Lee Blevins III, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 22
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 22
- JOHN LESTER BEGANPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- JEROME BELLStaff Sergeant · August 16, 1968
- DAVID RICHARD BOEVERPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE MUSICKLance Corporal · August 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID CHISUMPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 23
- JOSE ANTONIO GRANIELA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 25
- CRAWFORD JACKSON JRCorporal · Panel 48W, Line 27
- RAMIRO MICHAEL MORASergeant First Class · Panel 48W, Line 28
- GORDON A SKINNER IICaptain · Panel 48W, Line 30
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.