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JOHNNY BLACKMON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 17, 1941 – May 5, 1967
Service recordJohnny Blackmon, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 5, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 42
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
- January 17, 1941
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 42
- DONALD LEWIS WINCKLERLance Corporal · May 4, 1967
- JOAQUIN ARZUAGASergeant · May 5, 1967
- LAWRENCE PAUL BERECHPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
- MARTIN CAVAZOSCorporal · May 5, 1967
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 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.