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THOMAS ARTHUR BLAIR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 11, 1949 – July 28, 1969
Service recordThomas Arthur Blair, of Lake Jackson, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 62
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
- Clerk (70A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- June 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Lake Jackson, Texas (Brazoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1969. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 62
- RORY MICHAEL BAUMCorporal · July 28, 1969
- LANNY ROSS BAUMANNSpecialist Five · July 28, 1969
- FRANCIS JOSEPH COULOMBELance Corporal · July 28, 1969
- EDWARD WILLIAM WYATTMajor · July 28, 1969
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.