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IVY LOUIS BLAIR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 17, 1944 – May 12, 1968
Service recordIvy Louis Blair, of West Point, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 17, 1944
- Home of record
- West Point, Mississippi (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 30
- ROBERT RANDOLPH BEANNERSergeant · May 12, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE BEATYStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1968
- RICK WILLIAM BEZEAUPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- RICHARD ALAN BOWERSSergeant · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN GLENN ABBOTTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 58E, Line 29
- GARY LEE ALLENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 58E, Line 29
- ROBERT HUGH CARROLLMajor · Panel 58E, Line 31
- LEONARD JAMES DALMANCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 1
- BENNIE DALESpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 3
- ROBERT WILLIAM GOTTHARDTChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 59E, Line 3
- ARTHUR ELLIOTT NULL JRSpecialist Five · Panel 59E, Line 10
- LAWRENCE FRANK TURNERPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 14
From West Point
- HUGH EDWIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 16, 1967
- GEORGE RANDLE JRPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- OLLIE JAMES DANIELPrivate First Class · April 6, 1969
- DONALD WAYNE PARMLEYHospitalman · August 25, 1969
- CORNELIUS TERRYCorporal · February 27, 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.