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ROBERT LARRY BLOUNT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 12, 1945 – September 19, 1967
Service recordRobert Larry Blount, of Livingston, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Livingston, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 91
- EDUARD ADOLPH AUERStaff Sergeant · September 19, 1967
- MICHAEL LEE BAUMPrivate First Class · September 19, 1967
- GABRIEL BETANCOURTPrivate First Class · September 19, 1967
- CLYDE WALTER CARTERCaptain · September 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT ALLEN LOUCKSSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 93
From Livingston
- CHARLES VERNON HAMPTON JRLance Corporal · January 31, 1968
- CHARLES BERLIN DEDONStaff Sergeant · July 3, 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.