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HERIBERTO BLANCO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 13, 1945 – November 29, 1968
Service recordHeriberto Blanco, of Friona, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 4
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Friona, Texas (Parmer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 4
- EVANGELOS K CARANASIOSLance Corporal · November 29, 1968
- GARY LEE CARLSONPrivate First Class · November 29, 1968
- JOHN LENWOOD CHASEPrivate First Class · November 29, 1968
- THOMAS RAYMOND STEINBACHLance Corporal · November 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- VESTIE TIMOTHY DRIGGERSSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 5
- JESUS EPHRAIM GOMEZ JRCorporal · Panel 37W, Line 5
- TERRYL GLENN PARTSAFASSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 7
From Friona
- FREDDY THOMAS WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD FORTENBERRYSpecialist Four · September 24, 1970
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.