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GENE ORVILLE BLOSKY
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 29, 1929 – March 25, 1969
Service recordGene Orville Blosky, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 25, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 39
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cook (3371)
- Born
- December 29, 1929
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1969
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 39
- DARREL GENE NAPIERCorporal · March 25, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL ORBINOSergeant · March 25, 1969
- AVEY PRESLEYPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
- DENNIS R RICHARDSSpecialist Four · March 25, 1969
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.