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DAVID LEE BLATTEL
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
October 27, 1945 – May 5, 1968
Service recordDavid Lee Blattel, of Scott City, Missouri, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 2
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Scott City, Missouri (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 2
- JOHNNIE HAROLD BEASLEYPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- ELROY EUGENE BEIERSergeant · May 5, 1968
- DANIEL JOHN BLOMFELTPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- WILLIAM DENNI BREIGHTMYERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL WILLIAM EGGERTCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 10
- JAMES PAUL FREEMANSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 11
- DUANE MICHAEL NORMANDINCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 25
- ROBERT EUGENE QUICKSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 27
- BARRY THOMAS REINHARDTSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 28
- ROBERT GEORGE WEDDENDORFCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 35
From Scott City
- THOMAS JACK PENNINGTONPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
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.