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THOMAS JOSEPH BLANCHARD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 5, 1949 – August 7, 1968
Service recordThomas Joseph Blanchard, of Bristol, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 7, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 23
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- December 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Bristol, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 23
- WILLIE FIELDS JRCorporal · August 7, 1968
- TIMOTHY CHARLES HANNIGANSergeant · August 7, 1968
- DANA ALAN HARRISONLance Corporal · August 7, 1968
- ANTHONY HEINCorporal · August 7, 1968
From Bristol
- EDWARD JOHN CHRISTENSENPrivate · May 18, 1967
- ROLAND PHILLIP LEVESQUESergeant · February 22, 1968
- GILBERT THIBEAULTPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL JACOBPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- PHILIP FRANK NESTICOCorporal · June 2, 1968
- ALDO EUGENE RYDERPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- DAVID BRUCE EMONDSpecialist Five · July 5, 1968
- MATTHEW M CANFIELD JRPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- DOUGLAS JAMES BEVERIDGESpecialist Four · February 9, 1969
- PETER PHILIP DUBIELPrivate First Class · May 12, 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.