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BLAINE A DEBOARD JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 7, 1945 – December 29, 1966
Service recordBlaine A Deboard JR, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 29, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 96
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 7, 1945
- Home of record
- West Chester, Pennsylvania (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 96
- THOMAS N CARDIFF JRLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- ELWOOD D COVEY JRSergeant · December 29, 1966
- JAMES BRYAN ELDER JRPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- CLARENCE E EVERETTMaster Sergeant · December 29, 1966
From West Chester
- GENE SMEDLEY MCMULLENSecond Lieutenant · July 16, 1966
- ERNEST E ORENDORFF JRCorporal · August 3, 1966
- DAVID CARL STANLEYSpecialist Four · September 14, 1967
- LOUIS FULDA GUILLERMINMajor · April 30, 1968
- DWIGHT DAWSON JOHNSONLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
- PAUL LEONARD COSGRIFFSpecialist Five · October 21, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL MARCHANDPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- ELDIN GEORGE BERGER JRLance Corporal · October 9, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM DONAHUE JRSecond Lieutenant · November 28, 1969
- NATHANIAL CARL MATTHEWSSpecialist Five · August 10, 1971
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.