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JOHN HILTON BLALOCK
Captain · U.S. Army
August 6, 1937 – April 1, 1968
Service recordJohn Hilton Blalock, of Liberty, Mississippi, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 29
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Supply Officer (4514)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 6, 1937
- Home of record
- Liberty, Mississippi (Amite County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1968; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 29
- JOHN FOREMAN PEEKPetty Officer Third Class · March 31, 1968
- KENNETH RICHARD YANTISCorporal · March 31, 1968
- FRANKLIN DELANO AUDILETWarrant Officer 1 · April 1, 1968
- EDWARD ALLEN BOARDMANCaptain · April 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD ALLEN BOARDMANCaptain · Panel 47E, Line 29
- GEORGE ARTHUR FISCHERCaptain · Panel 47E, Line 31
From Liberty
- WILLIE B CATLINGSpecialist Four · July 2, 1968
- DANIEL SULLIVANSpecialist Five · July 9, 1969
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.