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WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 9, 1939 – March 21, 1966
Service recordWilliam George Blanchard, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 21, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 28
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 9, 1939
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1966; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “K CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 28
- DENNIS RICHARD ANDREWLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS ARNOLD BIRD JRFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1966
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- JOHN MICHAEL BOWERSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS RICHARD ANDREWLance Corporal · Panel 6E, Line 28
- JAMES HENRY CAVICCHI JRLance Corporal · Panel 6E, Line 31
- STEPHAN JAMES MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 33
- MICHAEL GARY MURRAYLance Corporal · Panel 6E, Line 34
- STANLEY RIFFLECorporal · Panel 6E, Line 34
- RICHARD DAVID SWAYZEPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 35
- BRUCE LAMAR WATKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 36
- BILLIE JOE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 1W, Line 94
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1966
- GREGORY JOHN HARRISMaster Sergeant · June 12, 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.