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JAMES ARTHUR BLACKMON
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 22, 1950 – May 10, 1970
Service recordJames Arthur Blackmon, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 10
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- February 22, 1950
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 10
- RICHARD ARTHUR WELLSSergeant · May 9, 1970
- CHARLES ROBERT WESTStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1970
- LARRY CLAYTON YOUNGSpecialist Four · May 9, 1970
- LELAND MCLANE CHESTNUTSergeant · May 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT BENJAMIN LUTHERCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 13
- JOHN STERLING MELIUSPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 13
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.