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WILLIAM EDWARD BLACKMER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 11, 1947 – January 23, 1968
Service recordWilliam Edward Blackmer, of Barryton, Michigan, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 13
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Barryton, Michigan (Mecosta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 13
- ROBERT LOGAN WICKLIFFEPetty Officer Third Class · January 22, 1968
- RONALD WYATT ADAMSPrivate First Class · January 23, 1968
- JAMES MAYNARD BERGESpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- JULIO ALFREDO CALDERONPrivate First Class · January 23, 1968
From Barryton
- HARLEY JOHN JENKSCorporal · April 29, 1968
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.