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DONALD RAY BLANKENSHIP
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 3, 1948 – July 7, 1968
Service recordDonald Ray Blankenship, of Chesapeake, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 7, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Chesapeake, Ohio (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 34
- ROBERT GERALD DODSONFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1968
- CARROLL WAYNE EAVESPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
- LAVAUGHN ELLIOTTSergeant · July 7, 1968
- DAVID ANDREW FIELDINGSergeant · July 7, 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.