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DAVID WILMER BLODGETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 17, 1946 – October 5, 1965
Service recordDavid Wilmer Blodgett, of Poland, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Poland, New York (Herkimer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 106
- JOHN DAVID MUSGROVECaptain · October 4, 1965
- WILLIAM WARD NICHOLS JRCaptain · October 4, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- KENNETH MONROE HYETTSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
Same unit, same day
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 107
- THOMAS ANTHONY DVORATCHEKSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 108
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 108
- WILLIAM CAMPBELL MURPHYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 2E, Line 109
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 109
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.