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JEWELL C BLANKENSHIP
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 30, 1948 – March 8, 1969
Service recordJewell C Blankenship, of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 71
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Hopkinsville, Kentucky (Christian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1969; 20 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 71
- DAVID ROBERT MORGANSergeant · March 7, 1969
- RICHARD LYNN ADCOCKCorporal · March 8, 1969
- WILLIAM ARTHUR BEARDSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN BENEDICTPrivate First Class · March 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL IRIZARRY-ACEVEDOSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 77
- CHARLES DAVIS MACKENPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 78
- DOUGLAS RAY POLLOCKSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 79
From Hopkinsville
- EWING COTTRELL BABBAGEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- DONALD FRANKLIN MCMILLANCaptain · April 2, 1966
- CHARLES SEABORN ABELCaptain · September 13, 1966
- LARRY REEDSergeant · December 25, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCRUGGSCorporal · April 5, 1967
- WADDEL EVANSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1967
- JOSEPH LORAN MILLERPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- MICHAEL R HARRIS JRPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
- WILLIAM ANDREW WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · September 20, 1967
- ISTVAN MOLNARStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1968
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.