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HARRY LEE BLACKBURN JR
Captain · U.S. Navy
December 28, 1935 – May 10, 1972
Service recordHarry Lee Blackburn JR, of Highland Springs, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on May 10, 1972, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 16
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. Navy
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- December 28, 1935
- Home of record
- Highland Springs, Virginia (Henrico County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 10, 1972
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1972. In May 1972, 113 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 16
- WILLIAM ARVEL BOATRIGHTSergeant · May 10, 1972
- STEVEN EDWARD BOWERSOCKPrivate First Class · May 10, 1972
- EDWARD DENZEL BURNETTSergeant · May 10, 1972
- CLINT EDWIN CARRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1972
From Highland Springs
- ROBERT RICHARD CHESSERSergeant First Class · November 20, 1971
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.