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DONALD LAMAR BLACKSTON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 20, 1948 – June 20, 1969
Service recordDonald Lamar Blackston, of Whistler, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 20, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 96
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Whistler, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 96
- JOHN DEMEYCaptain · June 20, 1969
- DENNIS RAY FORNEYSergeant · June 20, 1969
- JOSEPH JAMES GOETZER JRPrivate First Class · June 20, 1969
- ROBERT ROCHA GUERRACorporal · June 20, 1969
From Whistler
- LELAND FRANCIS DIXONCorporal · March 5, 1966
- ROY THOMAS WESTBROOKSpecialist Five · August 19, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD MCCORKELLance Corporal · October 22, 1968
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.