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PHILLIP CORNELIUS BLACKMOND
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 10, 1950 – May 16, 1971
Service recordPhillip Cornelius Blackmond, of Louisburg, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1971, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 37
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Louisburg, North Carolina (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1971; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 37
- DONALD ODELL CARTERPrivate · May 16, 1971
- CHARLES LEROY MARTINSergeant · May 16, 1971
- LEONARD DANIEL MONTESSergeant · May 16, 1971
- DAVID RYAN WINKLECorporal · May 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD DANIEL MONTESSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 37
From Louisburg
- CHARLES OWEN DAVISPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- WILLIAM CLIFTON SHEARINPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- PAUL LOUIS JOYNERCorporal · June 16, 1968
- JAMES LEE BOWDENCorporal · August 21, 1968
- JOHN WILLIE THOMASSergeant · February 22, 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.