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WILLIAM ALFRED BLACKBURN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 14, 1930 – November 11, 1969
Service recordWilliam Alfred Blackburn, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 56
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Nuclear, Biological, And Chemical (Nbc) Specialist (54E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 14, 1930
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1969
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 56
- WALTER GUY BURKHARTCorporal · November 11, 1969
- RUBEN JOSE CARBAJALSergeant · November 11, 1969
- CLARK ROBERT DOUGLASSpecialist Four · November 11, 1969
- HARRY JOHN JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · November 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MERLIN GAIL BEERSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 57
- CLEATUS PAUL KIMBLESpecialist Five · Panel 16W, Line 58
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 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.