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DAVID ANTHONY BLOUGH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 9, 1949 – December 29, 1967
Service recordDavid Anthony Blough, of Spencer, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 90
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Spencer, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1967; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 90
- CHARLES DWYNE TOWNSENDPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- HERBERT OWEN ZINNEL JRPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- RONALD M ADAMSSergeant · December 29, 1967
- RONNIE HERBERT BEALSWarrant Officer 1 · December 29, 1967
From Spencer
- PAUL DAVID BERTHIAUMECaptain · December 23, 1965
- KENNETH ROGER BENJAMINSpecialist Four · December 8, 1967
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.