a vietnam war veteran in utah has said he's surprised over the reason for the denial of his request for a personalized license plate commemorating the year he was wounded and awarded a purple heart arnold breitenbach of st george wanted to get 'cib 69' put on a license plate, the spectrum newspaper of st george reported that would have commemorated both breitenbach getting the purple heart in 1969 and his combat infantryman's badge, according to the newspaper service: vietnam veteran arnold breitenbach of st george wanted to get 'cib 69' put on a license plate the utah dmv denied his request, citing state regulations prohibiting the use of the number 69 because of its sexual connotations  breitenbach had been an armored personnel carrier's gunner during his time in the army he was inside the carrier's gun turret as rocket propelled grenades stuck and was left wounded, suffering temporary blindness  the utah division of motor vehicles denied his request, citing state regulations prohibiting the use of the number 69 because of its sexual connotations, the spectrum reported 'while your intended meaning behind the requested plate, cib 69, is honorable, the division of motor vehicles is required to follow utah law when approving personalized plates,' division of motor vehicles audit manager sherri murray said in a letter to breitenbach that was obtained by the newspaper murray's letter also reportedly said 'administrative rule r873 22m 34 is clear regarding the use of '69' on personalized plates – '69' formats are prohibited unless used in a combination with the vehicle make, model, style, type, or commonly used or readily understood abbreviations of those terms breitenbach had been an armored personnel carrier's gunner during his time in the army, the spectrum reported he was inside the carrier's gun turret as rocket propelled grenades struck and was left wounded, suffering temporary blindness, according to the newspaper process: though breitenbach appealed to get 'cib 69' put on his license plate, the appeal was rejected  honored: breitenbach has both the purple heart and the combat infantryman's badge  breteinbach told the spectum his hearing damage led to his purple heart he also said: 'they've got viagra (ads) all over the place i can't imagine myself sitting on the sofa with my parents when i was a little kid having something like that on tv 'in today's day and age, it seems like everything is out in the open' the spectrum reported that breitenbach was directed to an established appeals process after he contacted utah's gov gary herbert seeking assistance, before having his appeal denied in january breitenbach told the newspaper he chose not to appeal again and that it wasn't worth the amount of time and money he ended up getting a purple heart logo on a license plate minus 'cib 69,' according to the spectrum a message seeking comment from the utah division of motor vehicles wasn't immediately returned
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arnold breitenbach of st george, utah, wanted to get 'cib 69' put on a license plate  that would have commemorated both breitenbach getting the purple heart in 1969 and his combat infantryman's badge  the utah dmv denied his request, citing state regulations prohibiting the use of the number 69 because of its sexual connotations 