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THOMAS MICHAEL BLACKWELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 24, 1948 – February 19, 1969
Service recordThomas Michael Blackwell, of Fairfield, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 57
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Fairfield, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 57
- THOMAS MICHAEL SKALLYCorporal · February 18, 1969
- EDWIN ARTHUR ACKERMAN JRCaptain · February 19, 1969
- WARNELL EUGENE ATENPetty Officer Third Class · February 19, 1969
- LARRY ALLEN BODELLWarrant Officer 1 · February 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WENDALL DALTONCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 58
- GARY ROY GENTHCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 58
- CHARLES MILTON DOWNSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 59
- CHARLES FOULKS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 59
- RONALD JOSEPH HILLMANPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 59
- RICHARD LEE WAYCASTERSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 61
From Fairfield
- RICHARD ALAN BROYLESSpecialist Four · March 28, 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.