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JAMES ARLIA BLANKENSHIP
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 14, 1945 – December 31, 1967
Service recordJames Arlia Blankenship, of Gardena, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Gardena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1967; ten of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 6
- GEORGE JOSEPH WILLIAMSCorporal · December 30, 1967
- MURRAY LAMAR WORTHAMCaptain · December 30, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD ADAMSWarrant Officer 1 · December 31, 1967
- GLENN ARTHUR BELCHERMajor · December 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DICKEY CHAMBLEESpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 7
- DAVID LEE DROUGHTSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 7
- JOSEPH LYLE FARMERSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 8
- HENRY MAURICE STAFFO HALEPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 8
- CECIL BEN JONES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 9
- MOSES JOHN LEWISCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 9
- ERNEST DELBERT MARCUMPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 9
- JOSE SANTANA JRCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 10
- JAMES EDWARD THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 10
From Gardena
- ERVELL MADRID GUEVARAPrivate · June 22, 1966
- STEPHEN ERNEST DUKEHARTPrivate · December 23, 1966
- JIMMIE CARTER MARTINPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- BERNARDINO GONZALEZ JRPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- GEORGE RICHARD LINDERSergeant · May 16, 1967
- MACK EDWARD GREGORYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- ALFRED FRANKLIN SIMPSONCorporal · August 9, 1967
- JOHN MARTIN KEPPLERPrivate First Class · September 15, 1967
- RICKEY EUGENE APPLEBYLance Corporal · March 9, 1968
- KENNETH FRANCIS YBARRAPrivate First Class · November 7, 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.