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Casualty Info
Home Town Coeur D' Alene, ID
Last Address Coeur D' Alene, ID
Casualty Date Aug 29, 1970
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Binh Dinh (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment McCall Cemetery - McCall, Idaho
William Blenkinsop, 19, Bayview Idaho was killed in action 29 Aug 1970 while serving as a U.S. Army Paratrooper in Vietnam. The Army reported Monday Pfc Blenkinsop, who graduated from Couer D' Alene High School in Idaho, died as a result of a field accident involving an enemy ground explosion, an Army spokesman said. He had served 39 days with the Headquarters Company, 173rd Airborne Brigade. The body was flown from Vietnam to the Walker Funeral Home, McHall, for the funeral with services planned Wednesday. (The Coeir d'Alene Press, Coeur d'Alens, Idaho, Sept. 8, 1970) Thank you Coeur d'Alene Public Library.
