Rank: Specialist 5
Unit: K Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 63C – General Vehicle Repairman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Presidential Unit Citation, Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 5-Apr-1949
Hometown: Troy, Michigan
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 1-Jun-1967
Start of tour: 18-Dec-1967
Incident date: 29-Apr-1969
Date of casualty: 6-May-1969
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died of wounds. Burns/Smoke Inhalation. Burns.
Larry Howard Brinkey died from burns received while commander of a military vehicle returning from a military mission when the vehicle hit a hostile mine. Individual was admitted to a military hospital, placed on Very Serious Injury (VSI) list, evacuated to Japan and later expired.
Two Blackhorse troopers died as a result of this incident:
SP5 Larry Howard Brinkey
SGT Elmer Lynn Spivey
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Michigan, USA
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