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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Guy Andre Blanchette.

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GUY ANDRE BLANCHETTE

Sergeant · U.S. Army

November 30, 1946 – August 26, 1969

Service record

Guy Andre Blanchette, of Manchester, New Hampshire, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 19W · Line 117

Position of Panel 19W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Field Artillery Basic (13A)
Unit (as recorded)
A BTRY 3 BN 197 ARTY II FF
Born
November 30, 1946
Home of record
Manchester, New Hampshire (Hillsborough County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 26, 1969
Age
22
Province
Binh Duong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Grenade

Context · from the records

What was happening

38 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “A BTRY 3 BN 197 ARTY II FF”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 19W, Line 117

Same unit, same day

From Manchester

All 38 names from Manchester →

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.