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BILL EDWARD BLANTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 6, 1950 – April 24, 1971
Service recordBill Edward Blanton, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 6
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1971; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 6
- MELVIN JAMES WILLIAMSSergeant · April 23, 1971
- BERNARDO RODRIGUE ALVAREZCorporal · April 24, 1971
- ALLEN THOMAS BOEHMSpecialist Four · April 24, 1971
- JOHN WESLEY WILSONSpecialist Five · April 24, 1971
Same unit, same day
- BERNARDO RODRIGUE ALVAREZCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 6
- LOWELL VERNON FERGUSON JRSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 7
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
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.