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DWIGHT THOMAS BLACKWATER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 28, 1945 – June 19, 1971
Service recordDwight Thomas Blackwater, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 82
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 82
- REGINALD WILLIAM FITCHETTSpecialist Five · June 19, 1971
- JOHN WALLACE HAYNESCaptain · June 19, 1971
- RANDY VICTOR HINESWarrant Officer 1 · June 19, 1971
- HOWARD HAMILTON NELSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1971
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.