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RICHARD VINCENT BLACKBURN
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 18, 1951 – January 11, 1971
Service recordRichard Vincent Blackburn, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1971, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 39
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 18, 1951
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1971; two of them were lost in Darlac Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 39
- EDWARD WAYNE BETHARDSCorporal · January 11, 1971
- ROBERT DENNIS BLACK JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1971
- LEE WILLIAM CLORECorporal · January 11, 1971
- ALLEN RAY GRAYSpecialist Four · January 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM FRANK JOHNSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 5W, Line 40
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.