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CHARLES HERMAN BLANKENSHIP
Captain · U.S. Air Force
April 11, 1938 – July 7, 1967
Service recordCharles Herman Blankenship, of Suitland, Maryland, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 7, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 25
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Navigator-Bombardier (1525D)
- Born
- April 11, 1938
- Home of record
- Suitland, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 25
- PAUL ANDREW AVOLESEMajor · July 7, 1967
- CHARLES ALAN BALLAUFHospitalman · July 7, 1967
- DAVID FRITZ BITTENBENDERCaptain · July 7, 1967
- JOHN HENRY FERRIL IILance Corporal · July 7, 1967
From Suitland
- WOODROW CHARLES CRONKRITEPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- CHARLES DANIEL SMITHSergeant · March 18, 1968
- DAVID LEO WRIGHTLance Corporal · August 22, 1968
- JAMES RANDEL TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 2, 1969
- HARRY RICHARD ITALIANOSpecialist Four · June 3, 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.