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PAUL BOREN BLUNT JR
Seaman · U.S. Navy
October 3, 1946 – January 4, 1970
Service recordPaul Boren Blunt JR, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 4, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 124
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- October 3, 1946
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 124
- LAWRENCE ROBERT WARFSpecialist Four · January 3, 1970
- HERMAN HALEMANU BANSergeant · January 4, 1970
- THOMAS LEE BLANKSSergeant · January 4, 1970
- ROY LEE HAMMONDSCorporal · January 4, 1970
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.