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ELBERT FRANK BLACKBURN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 23, 1944 – March 16, 1967
Service recordElbert Frank Blackburn, of Norwalk, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Norwalk, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1967; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 145 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 88
- JAMES PATRICK VADBUNKERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1967
- ROBERT RALPH ANDERSONSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- FRANCIS ARTHUR BENOITHospitalman · March 16, 1967
- PHILIP BROWNFELDLance Corporal · March 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CLARK ALAN MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 94
- MICHAEL JAMES MONAHANSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 94
- RONALD BRUCE PRICESergeant · Panel 16E, Line 97
- JAMES EDWARD ANDER SANTOSSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 98
From Norwalk
- JOE MANUEL SALINASPrivate First Class · July 20, 1965
- JUAN JOSE CASTROSergeant · March 23, 1966
- FRANK ARREY JRSergeant · September 21, 1966
- RAYMOND JEFFERSON ROSS JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- MICHAEL CLIFTON MILLERPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- FELIX F F LEYVA-PARRA-FRIASPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- RICHARD BERNARD VAGNONEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- IGNACIO PORTUGAL JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- JERRY PAIZSpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
- MITCHELL FRANK SILVERSPrivate First Class · January 25, 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.