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MICHAEL JOSEPH BLASSIE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
April 4, 1948 – May 11, 1972
Service recordMichael Joseph Blassie, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 11, 1972, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 23
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- April 4, 1948
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1972
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1972; six of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1972, 113 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Long Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 23
- BARRY COLEY TOMLINCaptain · May 10, 1972
- BARRY KENNETH ALLMONDCaptain · May 11, 1972
- HAROLD JOHN FALDERMEYERCaptain · May 11, 1972
- JOHN HERBERT HASELTONFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1972
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.