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ANTHONY JAMES BLEVINS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 1, 1948 – August 23, 1968
Service recordAnthony James Blevins, of Turlock, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 45
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Turlock, California (Stanislaus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 45
- HENRY HILL JRFirst Lieutenant · August 23, 1968
- ROBERT GORDON HOLLEYPrivate · August 23, 1968
- DONALD EDWARD HORINEKSergeant · August 23, 1968
- LEO MILLER JENNETTELance Corporal · August 23, 1968
From Turlock
- JOSE A C SILVEIRASergeant · January 2, 1968
- GARY CONVERS PARKINSONHospitalman · March 4, 1968
- STEVEN EPEFANIO AMESCUAPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- LARRY MICHAEL SABOSpecialist Four · October 2, 1968
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.