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THOMAS LEE BLACKMAN
Fireman · U.S. Navy
February 10, 1945 – November 4, 1966
Service recordThomas Lee Blackman, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 4, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 18
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Electrician's Mate (EM)
- Born
- February 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 18
- ROBERT EDWIN BRINCKMANNColonel · November 4, 1966
- DENNY LOWELL BRUCEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- DONALD RALPH BRUNNERPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- AARON LEON THOMASSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 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.