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BERNARD L BLITCH
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 18, 1932 – September 16, 1966
Service recordBernard L Blitch, of Junction City, Kansas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Repairer (31E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1932
- Home of record
- Junction City, Kansas (Geary County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 99
- LEONARD WITCHER IIILance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH ANGELIDESCorporal · September 16, 1966
- JOE MAGDALENO BALLIN JRLance Corporal · September 16, 1966
- JERRY WENDELL MCCULLOUGHLance Corporal · September 16, 1966
From Junction City
- JOHN JUNIOR DAVENPORTSpecialist Four · July 31, 1965
- GERALD BRUCE EVANSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- CLIFTON WINNINGHAMPlatoon Sergeant · March 5, 1966
- DAVE RUSSELL SCOTTSpecialist Four · January 24, 1968
- JAZREAL LEVITE HAYWOODPlatoon Sergeant · March 5, 1968
- MERLIN HERMAN BERGANSergeant First Class · August 12, 1968
- JOHN OLIVER BAUGHMANSergeant · April 19, 1969
- WILLIAM CARL ADAMSSergeant · August 23, 1969
- ROBERT LEE HARRISSergeant First Class · September 4, 1969
- JESS H VANWINKLE JRSergeant · September 7, 1969
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.