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LEROY IRVIN BLANKENSHIP
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
November 17, 1928 – April 1, 1969
Service recordLeroy Irvin Blankenship, of Renton, Washington, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 1, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 101
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- November 17, 1928
- Home of record
- Renton, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1969
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 101
- DANFORTH ELLITHORPE WHITECommander · March 31, 1969
- JAMES HAROLD WILSONSergeant · March 31, 1969
- JAMES EARL BOUYERPrivate First Class · April 1, 1969
- ALVIN LEON GAYSpecialist Four · April 1, 1969
From Renton
- STEVEN ANTHONY CHURCHPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- STEVE WILLIAM KINGHAMMERCorporal · January 27, 1967
- CHARLES RUSSELL PETCHNICKPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- DUANE SCOTT BAKERCaptain · June 6, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM TOSCHISergeant · July 30, 1967
- JOHN ROBY WOLFPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- DONALD CARL NELSONStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1967
- LEONARD MORRIS PHIPPSSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS FRANCAVILLALance Corporal · April 9, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD HOSKINSLance Corporal · November 25, 1968
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.