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JACKIE LEE BLANKENSHIP
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 16, 1950 – June 23, 1969
Service recordJackie Lee Blankenship, of Bluefield, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 23, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 116
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Bluefield, West Virginia (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 116
- FRED MCKINLEY BAILEYStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1969
- MICHAEL EDWARD BARROWPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- JAMES LOUIS BISHOPSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
From Bluefield
- EDWARD LARRY STEWARTSergeant · October 12, 1965
- CARL L MUNSEYStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- GEORGE WASHINGTON FROESpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- JAMES FREEMAN HUNDLEYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- HOWARD WILLIAM JONESStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1967
- FREDDIE ESTERSCorporal · July 6, 1967
- EDWARD JUNIOR SIMONSCorporal · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES RODNEY MORRISLance Corporal · July 6, 1968
- THOMAS BARRY CHRISTIANLance Corporal · August 6, 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.