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JIMMIE RAY BLISSETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 27, 1946 – January 16, 1968
Service recordJimmie Ray Blissett, of Houston, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 57
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 591 ENG CO USARV
- Born
- April 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 57
- EARL ROGER BIGGSSergeant Major · November 11, 1967
- PETER RAY WILLEYPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- HERBERT ROY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- LARRY THOMAS BRENTSpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.