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MILTON BLACKWELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 15, 1947 – June 4, 1969
Service recordMilton Blackwell, of Alberta, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 61
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
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Alberta, Virginia (Brunswick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 61
- RICHARD LEIGH BARNESSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
- DOUGLAS WANNER BARNITZLance Corporal · June 4, 1969
- STEPHAN ROBERT BROSECorporal · June 4, 1969
- WILLIAM ANDREW BUCK JRCorporal · June 4, 1969
From Alberta
- WILLIAM BELL JRSpecialist Five · December 17, 1971
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.