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CHARLES JOSEPH BLANCO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 2, 1940 – September 20, 1966
Service recordCharles Joseph Blanco, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 2, 1940
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 123
- ANDREW WINTER YOUNGKIN JRLance Corporal · September 19, 1966
- RICHARD MCAULIFFE BLOOMFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT BRANNENPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- JAMES MCKENZIE CLARKLance Corporal · September 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT CHARLES PHIPPSStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 125
- ELIAS RANGEL RODRIGUEZSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 125
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.