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RAYMOND ROBERT BLOSSEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 20, 1950 – October 23, 1969
Service recordRaymond Robert Blossey, of Port Huron, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 110
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Port Huron, Michigan (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1969; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 110
- DENNIS NYE HUDSONCorporal · October 23, 1969
- SETH HAYDEN MATTHEWS IIISpecialist Four · October 23, 1969
- ROBERT PAUL SHEELYCorporal · October 23, 1969
- STANLEY RICHARD TOKARSKISergeant · October 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- VANCE MARTIN EVANSSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 108
- KENNETH EDWARD HEATHSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 109
- SETH HAYDEN MATTHEWS IIISpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 110
- ROBERT PAUL SHEELYCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 110
- CHARLES V REDDING IIICorporal · Panel 17W, Line 111
From Port Huron
- DONALD LEE NELSONSpecialist Five · May 5, 1964
- KENNETH DALE MIDDLETONSpecialist Four · February 28, 1966
- JOHN J BAILEYPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- JOHN FREDERICK ANTHONYCorporal · February 1, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD PERRYLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER JAMES OLEKSASpecialist Four · May 11, 1967
- JACK EDWIN TELLINGPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- GEORGE PATRICK BARRETTCorporal · October 27, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES GROATPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- JOHN LEE KOEBKESpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
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.