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JOHNIE LEE BLOUNT JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 11, 1945 – July 4, 1966
Service recordJohnie Lee Blount JR, of Groton, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 129
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Groton, Connecticut (New London County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1966; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 129
- NORRIS JAMES DENTONSergeant · July 4, 1966
- STEPHEN CALEB FORRESTPrivate First Class · July 4, 1966
- JAMES OTTO GREGORY JRLance Corporal · July 4, 1966
- MICHAEL EDWARD HOPKINSPrivate First Class · July 4, 1966
From Groton
- MICHAEL JOHN RYANSpecialist Five · January 15, 1968
- KARL JOSEPH LAVALLEEPrivate First Class · May 21, 1971
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.