HONORED ON PANEL 37E, LINE 18 OF THE WALL
BILLY JOE BLACKSTEN
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BILLY J BLACKSTEN
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POSTED ON 8.7.2021
POSTED BY: john fabris
honoring you...
Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. While all deaths in Vietnam are tragic that you died just three days after your 23rd birthday is especially so. May you rest in eternal peace.
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POSTED ON 2.1.2021
POSTED BY: Dennis Wriston
I'm proud of our Vietnam Veterans
First Lieutenant Billy Joe Blacksten, Served with the 44th Public Information Office Detachment, headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Infantry Division, United States Army Vietnam.
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POSTED ON 3.29.2017
POSTED BY: Lucy Conte Micik
Remembered
DEAR LIEUTENANT BLACKSTEN,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I DO NOT KNOW YOUR MOS, BUT YOU WERE ARMY. IT HAS BEEN FAR TOO LONG FOR ALL OF YOU TO HAVE BEEN GONE. WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU HAVE DONE, AND YOUR SACRIFICE. WATCH OVER THE U.S.A., IT STILL NEEDS YOUR COURAGE.. GOD BLESS YOU. MAY THE ANGELS BE AT YOUR SIDE. REST IN PEACE. MANY OF US HAVE BEGUN OUR JOURNEY TO EASTER. AND YOU ARE ALL IN OUR PRAYERS. TODAY IS VIETNAM VETERANS' MEMORIAL DAY - THANK YOU!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I DO NOT KNOW YOUR MOS, BUT YOU WERE ARMY. IT HAS BEEN FAR TOO LONG FOR ALL OF YOU TO HAVE BEEN GONE. WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU HAVE DONE, AND YOUR SACRIFICE. WATCH OVER THE U.S.A., IT STILL NEEDS YOUR COURAGE.. GOD BLESS YOU. MAY THE ANGELS BE AT YOUR SIDE. REST IN PEACE. MANY OF US HAVE BEGUN OUR JOURNEY TO EASTER. AND YOU ARE ALL IN OUR PRAYERS. TODAY IS VIETNAM VETERANS' MEMORIAL DAY - THANK YOU!
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POSTED ON 2.7.2017
POSTED BY: Lou Pumphrey
Remembering Lt. Blacksten 49 years after his death (Feb. 4, 1968)
He was wonderful man as the first remembrance indicated. As a non-com draftee, he was one of my many superiors in the officer ranks at the Lai Khe base camp of the First Infantry Division, but he also was more like a friend than a boss. I still am grieving after all these years and when I see his photo on this link, I tear up.He was a really great guy. Easy to get along with. He was just one of the guys, despite having a lieutenant's bar on his jungle fatigue shirt.
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POSTED ON 9.24.2016
POSTED BY: Larry Faloon
A wonderful man
I was with Billy for the last 6 months of my tour in LaiKhe Vietnam . I drove him to the aid station after we were attacked in Sept 67.That was his first purple heart. He was my commander but also we were friends. I remember how proud he was when he made First Lieutenant. He often spoke of wanting to be with the Engineers, but accepted his job with the PIO and did it well. I think of him almost every day and miss him dearly.
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