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WILLIAM EARL BLAIR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 26, 1949 – July 11, 1968
Service recordWilliam Earl Blair, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 14
- DAVID LEE BINGAMONSpecialist Four · July 11, 1968
- DAVID SAMUEL COOKPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
- GENE EDWARD FECTEAUPrivate · July 11, 1968
- EDWIN ZEKE FLOYDPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN LOUIS ADAMSCorporal · Panel 52W, Line 13
- RONALD JOE TEBBESergeant · Panel 52W, Line 17
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 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.