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JAMES ORIS BLANKENSHIP
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 23, 1943 – January 9, 1968
Service recordJames Oris Blankenship, of Independence, Missouri, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 4
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 23, 1943
- Home of record
- Independence, Missouri (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 4
- ROBERT EARNEST YOUNGCorporal · January 8, 1968
- EWALD ZIRFASCaptain · January 8, 1968
- ROLAND BELCHERCaptain · January 9, 1968
- BRADLEY WAINWRIGHT BOEHMFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY RICHARD JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 8
- TONY JOHN QUITMEYERSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 10
From Independence
- GARY ERCIL SOOTERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- RODGER LEON TRAMMELLLance Corporal · May 16, 1966
- JAMES NELSON CAGLEYSpecialist Four · November 23, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLSWORTHPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- CLAY SAMUEL TURNHAMPrivate First Class · July 1, 1967
- ROBERT W BATESSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RAYMOND EUGENE ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- LARRY LEE BARKERCorporal · September 9, 1967
- JACK M YOUNGSLieutenant Colonel · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT CRAWFORD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · December 10, 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.