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JAMES THOMAS BLANKENSHIP
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 15, 1939 – October 24, 1968
Service recordJames Thomas Blankenship, of Ada, Oklahoma, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 26
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)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 15, 1939
- Home of record
- Ada, Oklahoma (Pontotoc County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1968; two of them were lost in Darlac Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 40W, Line 26
- DAVID RIELLYPrivate First Class · October 23, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT SHINERPrivate First Class · October 23, 1968
- DENIS LAVERN SIMONEPetty Officer Second Class · October 23, 1968
- EVERETTE ROLAND BAILEYCorporal · October 24, 1968
From Ada
- NOEL DON MARRLance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD MULLINSStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1966
- JACK WAYNE HALEYSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
- THOMAS HUGH BAKERMajor · November 4, 1968
- RAYMOND DALE THURMANSergeant · January 2, 1969
- JAMES GLENN UPCHURCHSecond Lieutenant · March 25, 1969
- LARRY GENE PADBERGPetty Officer Third Class · May 12, 1969
- DENNIS VAN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 1, 1970
- JIMMY RAY HIGDONSpecialist Four · April 11, 1970
- RICHARD WARREN JONESCaptain · June 27, 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.