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RICHARD WILLIAM VANBLARCOM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 14, 1946 – May 12, 1968
Service recordRichard William Vanblarcom, of Columbia Cross Roads, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Columbia Cross Roads, Pennsylvania (Bradford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 14
- DANIEL JOHN TABABOO JRCorporal · May 12, 1968
- LAWRENCE FRANK TURNERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- DARRELL VERNON VANCESpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- JOE L WARELance Corporal · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD KEITH BAKKIEPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 29
- ROBERT MELVIN FLETCHERSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 1
- CHARLES DUDLEY DORMANCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 2
- CHARLES WALTER HARBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 4
- JONATHAN HENDERSONSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 4
- JOHN ELDEN LAIPPLESergeant · Panel 59E, Line 6
- RICHARD LEE LOHSEPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 7
- WILLIAM PATECorporal · Panel 59E, Line 10
- ALLEN W MCNEILSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 11
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.