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MICHAEL VERNON BLUDWORTH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 27, 1951 – February 19, 1970
Service recordMichael Vernon Bludworth, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 19, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 31
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 27, 1951
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 31
- NIXON DEWAYNE PIKEPrivate First Class · February 18, 1970
- HENRY TONY RAVAPrivate First Class · February 18, 1970
- DEAN WALTER BORROUSCHPrivate First Class · February 19, 1970
- WILLIAM RAY COGGINSSergeant First Class · February 19, 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.