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ROBERT LAWRENCE BLACKWELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 12, 1950 – December 1, 1970
Service recordRobert Lawrence Blackwell, of Gaffney, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 100
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Gaffney, South Carolina (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 100
- FELIPE MORALESCorporal · November 30, 1970
- KENNETH LEE ROBERTSONSpecialist Four · November 30, 1970
- DENNIS MICHAEL SMITHStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1970
- ROGER WILBUR ANDERSON JRFirst Lieutenant · December 1, 1970
From Gaffney
- RICHARD L FOXXTechnical Sergeant · October 15, 1962
- JOHN WILLARD CLARYPlatoon Sergeant · March 29, 1967
- WILLIAM CLARK PETTYSergeant First Class · June 21, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT ALLISONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- SAMUEL EDWARD FOSTERSergeant · March 24, 1968
- WARREN LESTER RUTLANDSergeant · October 4, 1968
- JAMES ALBERT SPENCER JRSpecialist Four · April 21, 1969
- JOHN SHEPARD REAVES JRSergeant · July 8, 1969
- EDWARD DECAMP SOSSAMONSergeant · April 16, 1970
- JOHNNY LEWIS DOVER JRSpecialist Four · June 5, 1970
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.