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WILLIAM STANTON BLESSING
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 27, 1949 – October 12, 1967
Service recordWilliam Stanton Blessing, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 12, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 92
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)
- Born
- July 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 92
- DAVID JOHN UCKERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- JERRY DANIEL VARNERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- ABRAM JOSEPH WELKERSecond Lieutenant · October 11, 1967
- SALVADOR BAZULTOSergeant · October 12, 1967
- DALE ALLEN LASHPetty Officer Third Class · October 12, 1967
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.