Sponsored by:Glenn Lee LaRocque
- Birth
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Garden City, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
- Death
- 2 Nov 1978 (aged 28)
Olongapo, Zambales Province, Central Luzon, Philippines
- Burial
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Cremated, Ashes scattered at sea. Specifically: off the coast of California
- Memorial ID
- 69298788 View Source
LCDR George William Kelly
Lieut Randy A Mikal
AW-3 James C Mentink
Lt. Blanton was born in the Garden City section of Nether Providence, and attended Nether Providence High School. Following graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis in 1972, he was assigned to the destroyer USS Turner Joy and served off the coast of Vietnam.
Lt. Blanton attended flight school and received his pilot's wings in Corpus Christi, Texas. For the next three years, he was stationed in San Diego. He left September 27, 1978 aboard the USS Constellation for a Pacific cruise. Lt. Blanton was flying a night training mission when his aircraft crashed into a mountain.
LCDR George William Kelly
Lieut Randy A Mikal
AW-3 James C Mentink
Lt. Blanton was born in the Garden City section of Nether Providence, and attended Nether Providence High School. Following graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis in 1972, he was assigned to the destroyer USS Turner Joy and served off the coast of Vietnam.
Lt. Blanton attended flight school and received his pilot's wings in Corpus Christi, Texas. For the next three years, he was stationed in San Diego. He left September 27, 1978 aboard the USS Constellation for a Pacific cruise. Lt. Blanton was flying a night training mission when his aircraft crashed into a mountain.
Sponsored by Glenn Lee LaRocque
- Maintained by: mmel
- Originally Created by: Glenn Lee LaRocque
- Added: May 3, 2011
- Find a Grave Memorial ID:
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69298788/william_d-blanton: accessed ), memorial page for LT William D Blanton (15 Apr 1950–2 Nov 1978), Find a Grave Memorial ID 69298788; Cremated, Ashes scattered at sea; Maintained by mmel (contributor 47686399).
