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THOMAS GEORGE BLAIR JR
Captain · U.S. Army
January 19, 1947 – May 29, 1971
Service recordThomas George Blair JR, of Springfield, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Springfield, Virginia (Fairfax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 58
- STEPHEN GEORGE DAVIESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1971
- JOSEPH EDWARD SWEENEYCorporal · May 29, 1971
- JOSE MARIA R ARREDONDOPrivate First Class · May 30, 1971
- WAYNE SHELBY CRAIGSpecialist Four · May 30, 1971
From Springfield
- CHARLES EDWARD BROWN JRFirst Lieutenant · November 2, 1966
- RANDALL EARL COLESpecialist Four · March 23, 1968
- GERALD LEWIS CATONWarrant Officer 1 · August 17, 1969
- HIRAM MICHAEL WOLFE IVCaptain · December 4, 1969
- SCOTT KENTON PARDEEWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1970
- DONALD ROBERT SIMONSergeant · July 25, 1970
- THOMAS HUBERT MESSERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1970
- JERRY WAINE STEWARDPrivate First Class · October 1, 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.