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FREDDIE ANDRAY BLACKBURN
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 19, 1937 – January 8, 1968
Service recordFreddie Andray Blackburn, of Lexington, Kentucky, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 19, 1937
- Home of record
- Lexington, Kentucky (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1968; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 81
- DELL ROSS CLAIBORNEPetty Officer Third Class · January 8, 1968
- DENVER DEWEY COLBURN JRCaptain · January 8, 1968
- PHELON HERMAN COLECorporal · January 8, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL CRAMERMajor · January 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PHELON HERMAN COLECorporal · Panel 33E, Line 81
- LARRY GENE DEARINGPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 82
From Lexington
- WILLIAM KATHMAN BARRETTFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1965
- DAYMON DONALD HORNStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1965
- VERNON EDWARD HOLLANDLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD STRADERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- JERRY LANG ONANPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- WILLIAM LOUIS MADISONChief Master Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- WILLIAM KEEN STOLL JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM HAMMSpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS HOGAN JRCorporal · March 14, 1967
- WILLIAM P CENTERS JRSpecialist Five · May 21, 1967
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.