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JAMES EVERETT BLEVINS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 7, 1947 – March 30, 1967
Service recordJames Everett Blevins, of Empire, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 30, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 70
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- October 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Empire, Ohio (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 70
- JOHN PAUL BOBOSecond Lieutenant · March 30, 1967
- EDWARD EUGENE CANNONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- LARRY HOMER CRUMBAKERLance Corporal · March 30, 1967
- ALBERT ALLEN CURLEYPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
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.