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MICHAEL ANTHONY BLONDIN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 1, 1945 – March 29, 1970
Service recordMichael Anthony Blondin, of Westland, Michigan, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Westland, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1970; 15 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 55
- GEORGE RICHARD CUTHBERTPetty Officer Third Class · March 29, 1970
- JAMES MURPHY FURGERSONPrivate First Class · March 29, 1970
- GORDON MARLO GUNHUSPrivate First Class · March 29, 1970
- MURL ALVIN MOYERSCorporal · March 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DWIGHT I ADESergeant · Panel 12W, Line 54
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAINLEYSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 56
- JIMMY ISHMAEL HICKSCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 56
- JAMES ROBERT HOLMESCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 56
- STARET JOHN INGLESTONSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 57
- DAVID MICHAEL KINGCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 57
- DONN MICHAEL LORBERCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 57
- GILBERT COROA PEIXOTOCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 58
- PAUL ROBERT STEPP JRCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 58
- MICHAEL JAMES WAINWRIGHTCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 59
From Westland
- JOSEPH F WILLISFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1969
- DENNIS GLENN PRINCESergeant · June 2, 1969
- REFUGIO THOMAS TERANStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
- ARLIE SPENCER JRSergeant · May 15, 1970
- JOSEPH MICHAEL GIUSTACorporal · June 2, 1970
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.