The Wall › Panel 8W › Georgia › John William Blount
JOHN WILLIAM BLOUNT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 10, 1949 – July 14, 1970
Service recordJohn William Blount, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 15
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 15
- SANFORD LEE JOHNSONSergeant · July 13, 1970
- FRANCIS EARL KLAIBERLance Corporal · July 13, 1970
- RICHARD WILLIAM LITTLETONSergeant · July 13, 1970
- JOHN ERNEST MOODY JRSpecialist Four · July 13, 1970
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.