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GORDON HARRY BLEXRUDE
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 29, 1939 – August 24, 1965
Service recordGordon Harry Blexrude, of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 24, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 MAF
- Born
- July 29, 1939
- Home of record
- Eau Claire, Wisconsin (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Incident
- Airplane Crash Hong Kong To Danang Vs
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 MAF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 39
- JAMES W PHAIRStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- ROY SHARP PITTPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- HARVEY JUNIOR PROFITTPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- RONALD RICHARDSPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · Panel 2E, Line 108
From Eau Claire
- RODNEY JAMES OLSONPrivate First Class · January 31, 1966
- GERALD ARLENE VIZERPrivate First Class · May 30, 1967
- ERLING ALTON ANDERSONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- HAROLD JOHN MOECaptain · September 26, 1967
- LARRY DUANE TRAASETHLance Corporal · December 18, 1967
- ROY ARTHUR HUSSLieutenant (junior grade) · February 6, 1968
- LOWELL TODD PETERSONPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- RONALD ROY BLOHMWarrant Officer 1 · September 10, 1968
- THOMAS HAROLD UTEGAARDSergeant · June 13, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT DEVNEYPrivate First Class · July 19, 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.