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JOHN RODMAN BLOSCHICHAK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 23, 1951 – June 19, 1970
Service recordJohn Rodman Bloschichak, of Levittown, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 19, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 67
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 23, 1951
- Home of record
- Levittown, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 67
- FRANCIS RAY ADDISSpecialist Four · June 19, 1970
- JERRY JOE ALLENCorporal · June 19, 1970
- GORDON GUY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1970
- WILLIAM PRESCOTT ARTHURCorporal · June 19, 1970
From Levittown
- JOSEPH PAUL YATSKO JRFirst Lieutenant · December 18, 1965
- JOHN WILLIAM THOMASSpecialist Four · January 10, 1966
- ALAN ROBERT SCHULTZLance Corporal · August 11, 1967
- PATRICK ROBERT ROYPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- THEODORE K KALEIKINI JRSergeant · January 18, 1968
- DENNIS THOMAS CUNNANEPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- JAMES WALKER GUESTPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL BEZENSKISpecialist Five · March 26, 1968
- STANLEY R STELLMACH JRSergeant · April 14, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANCIS DEENY IIIPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
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.