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WILLIAM WEBB BLAIR JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 1, 1949 – December 21, 1968
Service recordWilliam Webb Blair JR, of Norman, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 55
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Norman, Oklahoma (Cleveland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- 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 December 21, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 55
- RICHARD KENNETH ALLEEColonel · December 21, 1968
- RICHARD CHARLES BACHERTSpecialist Four · December 21, 1968
- ROBERT GERDES BLANKPrivate First Class · December 21, 1968
- CHARLES JOSEPH BUCKLEYPrivate First Class · December 21, 1968
From Norman
- JERRY ROBERT JONESStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE MCWILLIAMSPrivate First Class · December 15, 1965
- JOHN MICHAEL TIFFANYPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- CHARLEY LE MEAR MOUNTPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN AMSPACHERSpecialist Four · December 25, 1968
- DAVID PHILLIP NEISLARLieutenant (junior grade) · February 20, 1969
- RAMEY LEO CARPENTERLieutenant · March 31, 1969
- CHARLES DWAINE ROBERTSSecond Lieutenant · August 12, 1969
- LARRY GENE MORGANSpecialist Four · May 8, 1970
- ALLAN LESLIE SMITHMajor · May 10, 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.