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RAYMOND WELLINGTON BLANDIN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 14, 1948 – January 5, 1969
Service recordRaymond Wellington Blandin, of North Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 5, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 37
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 14, 1948
- Home of record
- North Charleston, South Carolina (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 37
- STEVEN ARTHUR WESSELPrivate First Class · January 4, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH CHALLENERCorporal · January 5, 1969
- MICHAEL CROWDERSpecialist Four · January 5, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES ELSTENMajor · January 5, 1969
From North Charleston
- JOHNNY RAY TRIPLETTSpecialist Four · July 20, 1965
- ARTHUR M DRIGGERS JRPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- CHARLES E HIGBEE JRFirst Lieutenant · January 13, 1969
- BILLY JOE SCHAFFERStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1970
- LUTHER ALLEN GENESCorporal · September 12, 1970
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.