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THOMAS LEE BLANKS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 1, 1948 – January 4, 1970
Service recordThomas Lee Blanks, of Riverdale, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 124
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Riverdale, Georgia (Clayton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 124
- LAWRENCE ROBERT WARFSpecialist Four · January 3, 1970
- HERMAN HALEMANU BANSergeant · January 4, 1970
- PAUL BOREN BLUNT JRSeaman · January 4, 1970
- ROY LEE HAMMONDSCorporal · January 4, 1970
From Riverdale
- ALONZO CARLTON COLLIERCorporal · May 25, 1968
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.