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HOWARD BLANDINO
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
June 17, 1948 – January 29, 1970
Service recordHoward Blandino, of Warren, Michigan, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 29, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 77
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Electronics Technician (Submarine) (ET)
- Born
- June 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Warren, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 77
- JOHN ANDREW SHAFFERFirst Lieutenant · January 28, 1970
- WILLIAM CHARLES SHINNStaff Sergeant · January 28, 1970
- WILLIAM CARL SUTTONMaster Sergeant · January 28, 1970
- CLARENCE F BROWN JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1970
From Warren
- RONALD FRANK SKOVIAKCorporal · October 8, 1963
- RICHARD LEE HOLLINGSWORTHSergeant · January 9, 1966
- DENNIS M LYDENPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- GERALD RICCICorporal · February 12, 1967
- ROMAN ROZEL VILLAMOR JRLance Corporal · March 31, 1967
- ALAN LANECorporal · May 13, 1967
- JEREMY MICHAEL JARVISMajor · July 25, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN JACOBSPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
- MICHAEL AUGUST HOGLUNDSergeant · November 10, 1967
- ROGER JOSEPH HOOVERPrivate · December 1, 1967
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.