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MICHAEL R BLANCHETTE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 27, 1950 – July 27, 1970
Service recordMichael R Blanchette, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 58
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 58
- DOUGLAS PAUL ATKINSPrivate First Class · July 27, 1970
- TERRENCE ROY BILLINGSSpecialist Four · July 27, 1970
- ALBERT CALMESECorporal · July 27, 1970
- THOMAS FRANCIS DELANOSpecialist Four · July 27, 1970
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.