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CHARLES EDWARD BLAIR
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
November 2, 1924 – March 19, 1968
Service recordCharles Edward Blair, of Chatham, Virginia, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on March 19, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 33
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
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Forward Air Controller (1444)
- Born
- November 2, 1924
- Home of record
- Chatham, Virginia (Pittsylvania County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 19, 1968
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 33
- THEODORE LEO ZAWISZASpecialist Four · March 18, 1968
- MARTIN BIONDOSpecialist Four · March 19, 1968
- JODY ALLEN CRONPrivate First Class · March 19, 1968
- WILLIAM EUGENE DARNELLSpecialist Four · March 19, 1968
From Chatham
- FRANK RAY COMPTONLieutenant · March 21, 1966
- ROBERT DUVAL OWENSergeant First Class · May 23, 1968
- JAMES LLOYD BROOKSSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- DAVID DANIEL LAYNESpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- FRANCIS MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
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.