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GERALD ALLAN BLAIR
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 7, 1948 – May 23, 1969
Service recordGerald Allan Blair, of Warwick, Rhode Island, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Warwick, Rhode Island (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 81
- ROBERT LEE ANDERSONCorporal · May 23, 1969
- GREGORY REA BENTON JRStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1969
- ROBERT LEE BOESECorporal · May 23, 1969
- MARTIN BROWNPetty Officer Third Class · May 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES SAWYER LUCKETT IIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 86
From Warwick
- RICHARD ALAN JURCAKPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES STERLINGSpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES STANLEYPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- KENNETH BRADFORD GOFF JRMajor · August 24, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM COTTENIERLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JOHN BRYANT HEADLEYCorporal · November 2, 1967
- LEO PAUL DUNSMORECorporal · February 12, 1968
- ALFRED LEONARD TRIPPCaptain · July 25, 1968
- JOSEPH THOMAS PIGEON JRSergeant · August 21, 1968
- JAMES LEO WARNERSergeant First Class · September 21, 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.