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CRAIG SLADE BLACKNER
Captain · U.S. Air Force
May 10, 1938 – February 2, 1966
Service recordCraig Slade Blackner, of Lyman, Wyoming, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 2, 1966, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 132
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
- Born
- May 10, 1938
- Home of record
- Lyman, Wyoming (Uinta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1966; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 132
- RICHARD SMITHCorporal · August 24, 1965
- JESSE THOMAS BAILEY JRSergeant · February 2, 1966
- JOHN IRWIN CAMERONAirman First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN ROBERT DUSBABEKPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- SIDNEY JOHN ELYEASpecialist Four · February 2, 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.