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HENRY ARTHUR BLANDING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 3, 1947 – October 11, 1968
Service recordHenry Arthur Blanding, of Jamaica, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 44
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Jamaica, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1968; five of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 44
- FRANK C VANLOON JRSergeant · October 10, 1968
- TIMOTHY PATRICK WEAVERSpecialist Four · October 10, 1968
- CARROLL EUGENE WHITEPrivate First Class · October 10, 1968
- JOHN ELTON CANDYPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE GEORGE HENSLEYSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 46
- STEPHEN JOSEPH HOOGTERPPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 47
- DENNIS CLARENCE JERDETPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 47
- EARL DOUGLAS OSBORNSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 49
From Jamaica
- THOMAS JAMESSergeant · November 17, 1965
- REUBEN BUTCHERSergeant · May 14, 1966
- JOHN GREEN JRCorporal · May 24, 1966
- LESTER JONESPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- KENNETH PARTLOWAirman Second Class · August 27, 1966
- BRUCE MARTIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- VINCENT TORRESPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- ISRAEL ALICEAStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- MOSES GREENSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- BARRY FRANCIS PRICELance Corporal · March 26, 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.