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RUSSELL LEE BLANTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 14, 1946 – July 15, 1967
Service recordRussell Lee Blanton, of Vinton, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Vinton, Ohio (Gallia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 73
- DAN WILLIE ARCHER JRPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- JOHN STEPHEN BERGAirman First Class · July 15, 1967
- CHARLES FREDRICK BOSSAirman Second Class · July 15, 1967
- WILLIAM LINDLEY CANTERLance Corporal · July 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PAUL MICHAEL GREGOVICHSecond Lieutenant · Panel 23E, Line 75
- JOHN PAUL OLMSTEADSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 77
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.