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ARLYN JAY BLAUWKAMP
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 4, 1947 – January 12, 1968
Service recordArlyn Jay Blauwkamp, of Zeeland, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 34
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Zeeland, Michigan (Ottawa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 34
- LOUIS EDWARD BERRYSpecialist Four · January 12, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE BERRYLance Corporal · January 12, 1968
- CLIFFORD ALLEN BOGGSPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- DONALD CALVIN BROWNSergeant · January 12, 1968
From Zeeland
- GEORGE ALLEN OVERWEGSpecialist Four · December 4, 1965
- ROGER DALE OVERWEGSergeant · September 19, 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.