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DENNIS GLENN BLACKMON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 30, 1944 – October 19, 1967
Service recordDennis Glenn Blackmon, of Elberta, Alabama, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 39
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 174 ASLT HEL CO 14 AVN BN AMER DIV
- Born
- January 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Elberta, Alabama (Baldwin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 39
- DAVID ALAN OBERLELance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- TIMOTHY LAWRENCE VICALVILance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- RICHARD MICHAEL WOYNARSKIPetty Officer Third Class · October 18, 1967
- GREGORY LYNN BROWNSpecialist Four · October 19, 1967
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.