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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Beryl Stanley Blaylock.

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BERYL STANLEY BLAYLOCK

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

June 17, 1934 – April 26, 1968

Service record

Beryl Stanley Blaylock, of Crossville, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 26, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 52E · Line 14

Position of Panel 52E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
Service
Regular
Born
June 17, 1934
Home of record
Crossville, Tennessee (Cumberland County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 26, 1968
Age
33
Province
Thua Thien
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

69 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1968; 28 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 52E, Line 14

From Crossville

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.