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WILLIAM KENDALL BLACKBURN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 2, 1947 – August 16, 1969
Service recordWilliam Kendall Blackburn, of Pikeville, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 48
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Pikeville, Kentucky (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 48
- WILLIAM HAROLD SOMERVILLECorporal · August 15, 1969
- JAMES LARRY SPRINKLECorporal · August 15, 1969
- BOYD LEE WHITTEDStaff Sergeant · August 15, 1969
- TOMMY JOE BERRIERLance Corporal · August 16, 1969
From Pikeville
- JULIAN THOMAS FIELDSSergeant · May 18, 1968
- KELLY FIELDSPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT HOPKINSSergeant · July 8, 1968
- MANNIFRED YATESMajor · September 13, 1969
- DARRELL JACK SMITHSpecialist Four · February 6, 1970
- DON MCCLELLAND JUSTICECorporal · September 7, 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.