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CHARLES DOUGLAS BLAIR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 15, 1950 – May 14, 1970
Service recordCharles Douglas Blair, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 38
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1970; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 38
- GORDON ALLEN SHAWCorporal · May 13, 1970
- BARNARD BACONPrivate First Class · May 14, 1970
- JAMES RAYBON BARTONMajor · May 14, 1970
- MARC BRADLEY BELONCorporal · May 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN C CHASINWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 39
- RAYMOND HENRY KRUG JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 41
- THOMAS JOHN LARKIN IICaptain · Panel 10W, Line 41
- JAMES PORTWOOD JRCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 43
- HERMAN SERNASpecialist Five · Panel 10W, Line 43
- JACK RUSSELL SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 43
- KENT CHILDS TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 44
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 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.