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FREDERIC DELANO BLACKWELL
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 29, 1944 – June 19, 1969
Service recordFrederic Delano Blackwell, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1969, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 86
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Interrogator (96C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 22W, Line 86
- LUTHER MALCOLM CHAPPELFirst Sergeant · June 19, 1969
- HAROLD ROY CHRISTENSENSergeant · June 19, 1969
- RALPH JOHN CLIMEWarrant Officer 1 · June 19, 1969
- RICHARD WILSON COLEFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1969
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.