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JAMES A BLANCHARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 2, 1946 – March 19, 1967
Service recordJames A Blanchard, of Pascoag, Rhode Island, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Pascoag, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 145 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 111
- JAMES R CURRANSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- THOMAS J DANDOSergeant · March 19, 1967
- JACK MARTIN GOSNELLSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- WINSTON GEORGE HOLLENSHEADSergeant · March 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS JOHN BREDASecond Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 110
- BRUCE ANTHONY CORCORANPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 110
- MARLIN CHRIS EVERSGERDSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 110
- THOMAS J DANDOSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 111
- JACK MARTIN GOSNELLSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 111
- BARNEY JOE KELLYSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 112
- ROBERT LEWIS LINN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 112
- PAUL JOSEPH MCGOWANSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 113
- FRED HENRY PATTERSONSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 114
- RUSSELL LEE ROOTSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 114
- LOUIS SASSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 115
- DONALD LEE SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 115
- JAMES C TARKENTON IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 116
- DONALD WESLEY WALTERSSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 117
- RODNEY RICHARD WEEDSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 117
From Pascoag
- WALTER JOSEPH DECOTAMajor · August 17, 1966
- PETER KAPAS JRPrivate First Class · April 17, 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.