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WILLIAM DARWIN BLENKINSOP
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 26, 1951 – August 29, 1970
Service recordWilliam Darwin Blenkinsop, of Coeur D'alene, Idaho, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 21
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 26, 1951
- Home of record
- Coeur D'alene, Idaho (Kootenai County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 21
- DAVE SCOTT CARRUTH JRSergeant · August 29, 1970
- MICHAEL JOSEPH COURTNEYLance Corporal · August 29, 1970
- JAMES WILLIARD FENTONStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1970
- DONALD BRICE GREENESergeant · August 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MELVIN CARROLL BATES JRSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 20
From Coeur D'alene
- FRANKLIN DELANO MCNARYSenior Chief Petty Officer · June 13, 1967
- HOWARD BERT WALDRONMaster Sergeant · March 6, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL MCARTHURSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- THOMAS GEORGE FUNKEPetty Officer Second Class · November 1, 1968
- EUGENE EBEN WOLTERSLance Corporal · August 30, 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.