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KENNETH NEAL BLAIR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 29, 1949 – May 29, 1968
Service recordKenneth Neal Blair, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 29, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 2
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1968; ten of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 2
- PHILLIP EDGAR WYATTPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- LEONARD LEE YAZZIEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES ANDERSONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- DANIEL MICHAEL ARIZMENDEZCorporal · May 29, 1968
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.