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GERARD JAMES BLUME JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 20, 1948 – November 21, 1968
Service recordGerard James Blume JR, of Mt Morris, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 23
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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 INF DIV
- Born
- September 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Mt Morris, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- 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 November 21, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 23
- RICHARD ANTHONY BARBOLLAPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- CHARLES RAY BEARDPrivate · November 21, 1968
- CURTISS EDWARD BRAATZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM DESSELLEPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JESSE LEWIS ADAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 22
- JAMES LLOYD BROOKSSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 24
- HERBERT RAY CURTISSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 24
- JOSEPH RONALD FRANKSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 25
- ARNOLD LEE ROY MULHOLLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 28
- ANTHONY FELIX WASHINGTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 38W, Line 31
- DONALD RAY WENTZPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 32
From Mt Morris
- NORMAN LEE ROY HOYTPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- LARRY EDWARD GREENCorporal · March 26, 1968
- DAVID LEE ADAMSSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY STOUT IIISpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL TOPOLINSKICorporal · January 18, 1970
- THOMAS EDWARD WILSONStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1970
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.