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JAMES WILLIE BLACKMON
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 7, 1932 – August 1, 1970
Service recordJames Willie Blackmon, of Bogalusa, Louisiana, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 74
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 7, 1932
- Home of record
- Bogalusa, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1970
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 74
- DALE RYAN BUXTONPrivate First Class · August 1, 1970
- DAVID LEON CAPLANSecond Lieutenant · August 1, 1970
- JOHN JOSEPH HOOPERSpecialist Five · August 1, 1970
- RALPH WOMMACK HUNTPrivate First Class · August 1, 1970
From Bogalusa
- ANDREW JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 25, 1967
- RICHARD EARL TONEYSergeant · February 22, 1968
- ALBERT JAMES PETERSPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- IRA DAUNETTE COOPERSergeant · December 9, 1968
- CECIL FLOYD BUSHPetty Officer First Class · February 27, 1969
- BOYD MAGEESergeant · April 25, 1970
- RALPH S ROUSSELL JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 5, 1970
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.