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TONY PAGE BLANKS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 6, 1946 – February 19, 1967
Service recordTony Page Blanks, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 19, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 60
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 60
- PETER OTTO HOLCOMBPetty Officer Third Class · March 13, 1966
- PABLO PATINOStaff Sergeant · February 18, 1967
- LARRY DAVID ROSSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- CHARLES SHAFFERSpecialist Four · February 18, 1967
- JAMES MONFRE SHAPPEEPetty Officer Third Class · February 18, 1967
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 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.