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EDWARD GEE BLACKMON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 10, 1944 – November 8, 1966
Service recordEdward Gee Blackmon, of Austin, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 40
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 40
- BRUCE EDGAR YATESFirst Lieutenant · November 7, 1966
- LEWIS ELI BONNIESergeant First Class · November 8, 1966
- HOWARD LEWIS BOWENPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- GERALD RAY BURNSLance Corporal · November 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LEWIS ELI BONNIESergeant First Class · Panel 12E, Line 40
- HOWARD LEWIS BOWENPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 40
- DAVID BRIAN DANNFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 41
- ARTHUR RAYMOND ERSCHOENSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 41
- CHARLES MICHAEL TODDPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 41
- JACKIE BURL HALLPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 42
- JERRY LEE HAPPELPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 42
- VERTIS JAMES HILL JRMaster Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 42
- CALVERT JAMES JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 42
- JAMES MATHEW KELLYSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 43
- BERNARD FRANCIS KISTLERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 43
- RONALD VIRGIL PUTNAMCaptain · Panel 12E, Line 43
- MICHAEL JOSEPH QUEALYCaptain · Panel 12E, Line 43
- HENRY ALLEN GARZAPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 44
- EURIPIDES RUBIO JRCaptain · Panel 12E, Line 44
- WALTER JAMES SCHMIDTSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 44
- RAFAEL VEGA-MAYSONETPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 44
- CASPAR MARVIN WALSH IIISpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 45
- LESLIE EDWARD WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 45
- NATHANIEL WYLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 45
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 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.