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BLAIR CECIL WILKEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 20, 1944 – June 1, 1969
Service recordBlair Cecil Wilkey, of Nephi, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1969, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 40
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Nephi, Utah (Juab County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1969; three of them were lost in Kien Phong Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 40
- RICHARD JACOB SIGWORTHPrivate First Class · June 1, 1969
- JAMES MARTIN STOTTSSergeant First Class · June 1, 1969
- THOMAS MICHAEL TROTTERFirst Lieutenant · June 1, 1969
- ALBERT B WASHINGTON JRCorporal · June 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD LEROY LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 38
- JESSE STEPHEN MANUEL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 38
- JAMES AMMONS WOODRUFFPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 41
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.