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TERRY LEE BLAIR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 12, 1950 – March 7, 1971
Service recordTerry Lee Blair, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 30
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1971; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 30
- HARVEY WAYNE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · March 6, 1971
- MARK AFFLERBACHCaptain · March 7, 1971
- RANDOLPH JEFFERSON ARDChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 7, 1971
- PHILLIP MICHAEL BRANDONSpecialist Four · March 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK LOYAL FRICKESergeant · Panel 4W, Line 31
- GEORGE ROBERT MORGANSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 31
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
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.