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DONALD RAY BLAIR
Captain · U.S. Army
March 11, 1938 – January 8, 1966
Service recordDonald Ray Blair, of Canyon, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 58
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Unit Officer, Training Center (82622)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 11, 1938
- Home of record
- Canyon, Texas (Randall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 58
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- RONALD EDWARD JAHNKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1966
- JOHN LEO ROBINSONPrivate First Class · January 8, 1966
- MICHAEL VINCENT TIMMONSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES PHILEMON TYNERFirst Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 59
- GORDON RICHARD WITTMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 59
From Canyon
- JIMMY MAC BRASHERCaptain · September 28, 1966
- DANIEL LEO STOCKERPrivate First Class · June 8, 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.