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JOHN EDWARD BLINER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 4, 1945 – July 15, 1969
Service recordJohn Edward Bliner, of Santa Clara, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 123
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- February 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Santa Clara, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 123
- PAUL JOSEPH BRAGGLance Corporal · July 15, 1969
- ARNIM N BRAITHWAITECorporal · July 15, 1969
- STEPHEN JOHN BRENNANPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- ADOLPHUS CHRISTOPHERFirst Sergeant · July 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN JOHN BRENNANPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 123
From Santa Clara
- DAVID LEE ROSELance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- GREGG ERWIN REEDSeaman · September 28, 1966
- DARWIN JOEL THOMASEnsign · October 14, 1966
- JOHN PAUL FRANKELStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- KEITH LLOYD BENSONSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- ROBERT KIYOSHI KAWAMURAStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1968
- KENNETH MICHAEL SHANNONCaptain · February 18, 1968
- ROBERT WARREN HARDESTYSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- TERRENCE JOHN BELLOMOPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- FREDRIC BRUCE DAVISSpecialist Four · January 14, 1973
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.