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DENNIS KNUTE BLAIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 1, 1947 – September 25, 1968
Service recordDennis Knute Blain, of Portland, Maine, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 9
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Portland, Maine (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 9
- MICHAEL DEAN MCNAUGHTONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1968
- RICHARD GLEN WOLFFSpecialist Four · September 24, 1968
- SAMMY BURROLA JRSpecialist Four · September 25, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · September 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES BRUCE COLLINSCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 10
- LARRY GENE DROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 10
- JAMES HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 13
- EVERETT HAROLD SMITH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 14
From Portland
- LESTER EARL MACDONALDSergeant · June 8, 1966
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM SHAY JRLance Corporal · June 15, 1966
- JAMES M MCDONOUGH JRCaptain · August 2, 1966
- ROBERT GREGORY WILLIAMSONPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- PAUL LEWIS STIMPSONFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1967
- ROBERT ALLAN TURNERPetty Officer Second Class · May 18, 1967
- HAROLD ELLSWORTH SOUTHARDPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- LAWRENCE LANOSpecialist Five · October 29, 1967
- STEPHEN JOHN WHIPPLEPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH DARCYChief Master Sergeant · December 29, 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.