HONORED ON PANEL 5W, LINE 91 OF THE WALL
EDMOND SMITH BLACKBURN JR
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EDMOND S BLACKBURN JR
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LEFT FOR EDMOND SMITH BLACKBURN JR
POSTED ON 8.5.2022
POSTED BY: Regina
Will Always Love You
You were my first love. I will never forget you.
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POSTED ON 12.2.2021
POSTED BY: [email protected]
Ground Casualty
SP4 Edmond S. Blackburn Jr. was a truck driver serving with the 63rd Transportation Company, 57th Transportation Battalion, 80th General Support Group. In 1971, the 80th General Support Group was providing logistical support to U.S. Army units in Quang Nam, Quang Tin, Thua Thien, and Quang Ngai Provinces. This included the hauling of supplies and equipment by the various transportation companies within the Group. On February 10, 1971, Blackburn was involved in a truck accident on National Highway QL-9, two miles southwest of Ca Lu Airfield in Quang Tri Province. He was fatally injured in the incident. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org; obituary from The Tulsa Tribune (Tulsa, OK), February 15, 1971, courtesy of Rachele Vaughan, Research Center, Tulsa City-County Library, Tulsa, OK]
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POSTED ON 12.2.2021
POSTED BY: [email protected]
“Tulsa Soldier Dies in Vietnam” (article)
POSTED ON 9.17.2021
POSTED BY: John Fabris
honoring you...
Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. The remembrance from your sister Pee Wee is touching. As long as you are remembered you will remain in our hearts forever...
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