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KENNETH LEON BLACKMON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 19, 1946 – January 10, 1968
Service recordKenneth Leon Blackmon, of Plainview, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 14
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Plainview, Texas (Hale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1968; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 14
- PAUL L BERRYWarrant Officer 1 · January 10, 1968
- LEE ROY BIRDENPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- ROBERT DANIEL BLEACorporal · January 10, 1968
- MURRIE LEE BLOCKERCorporal · January 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LAMAR ALVIS LAWSONPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 22
- JOSE ADORO MANZANARESSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 22
- GREY H WAGNERSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 26
From Plainview
- EDWARD HAROLD FOXSecond Lieutenant · September 18, 1965
- JOHNNIE LEE FRAZIERAirman · July 29, 1967
- JIMMY DON ROBERSONPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- JOE PENA JRSergeant · December 15, 1967
- JACK WILLIAM OSBORNSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
- JIMMY ARDELL AWALTLance Corporal · July 22, 1968
- BILLY EDWARD YARBROUGHCorporal · August 22, 1968
- JAMES BURL HANSARDCaptain · October 23, 1968
- PHILLIP RANDALL PANNELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 14, 1969
- NORMAN CARTER SMOOTSSpecialist Four · March 25, 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.