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EDMOND SMITH BLACKBURN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 1, 1951 – February 10, 1971
Service recordEdmond Smith Blackburn JR, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 91
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 1, 1951
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 91
- MELVIN JAMES FELTONSergeant · February 9, 1971
- EDGAR MCDANIELLance Corporal · February 9, 1971
- STEVEN DOUGLAS MCDOWELLCorporal · February 9, 1971
- JAMES ANTHONY MCINTYRESpecialist Four · February 9, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DONALD ANDREW MACKEYPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 93
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 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.