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DONALD RAY BLEDSOE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 29, 1947 – March 15, 1969
Service recordDonald Ray Bledsoe, of East Bernstadt, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 43
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 29, 1947
- Home of record
- East Bernstadt, Kentucky (Laurel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 43
- WESLEY BEAVERSpecialist Five · March 15, 1969
- PAUL BONAPARTPrivate · March 15, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE BOWMANSpecialist Six · March 15, 1969
- FRED EDWARD BROWNStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PAUL BONAPARTPrivate · Panel 29W, Line 43
- JAMES DOLLARDSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 44
- MORGAN THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 50
From East Bernstadt
- GEORGE ROBERT BROWNINGSpecialist Four · June 18, 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.