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DAVID OTIS BLACKMON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 30, 1943 – April 25, 1966
Service recordDavid Otis Blackmon, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 133
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Wireman (36A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 30, 1943
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 133
- BILLY ALBERT THOMPSONSergeant First Class · April 24, 1966
- KENNETH EUGENE TURNERFirst Lieutenant · April 24, 1966
- FREDERICK CHARLES CAINCorporal · April 25, 1966
- DALE DARREL DEFORDMajor · April 25, 1966
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 1966
- RUSSELL JAMES PEEKPrivate First Class · July 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.