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DONALD LEE BLANKENSHIP
Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
May 30, 1933 – February 28, 1969
Service recordDonald Lee Blankenship, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 28, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 88
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
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 30, 1933
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 88
- IRWIN BEYDASergeant · February 28, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BRENCICHLance Corporal · February 28, 1969
- CHARLES BROWNSpecialist Four · February 28, 1969
- ROBERT DARRELL CALHOUNLance Corporal · February 28, 1969
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.