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JOSEPH W BLICKENSTAFF JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 11, 1949 – December 19, 1970
Service recordJoseph W Blickenstaff JR, of Littlestown, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 131
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Littlestown, Pennsylvania (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 131
- DAROLD JETERSSpecialist Five · December 18, 1970
- ROY LEE SIMMONSSpecialist Four · December 18, 1970
- FLOYD DEAN SOLOMONCaptain · December 18, 1970
- RICHARD HOWARD BUZZELLLieutenant (junior grade) · December 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAN L F COOMBS IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 6W, Line 132
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.