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REX WAYNE BLISARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 15, 1949 – January 9, 1969
Service recordRex Wayne Blisard, of Siloam Springs, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · 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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Siloam Springs, Arkansas (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1969; eight of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 58
- HUGH MCNEIL BYRD JRCaptain · January 9, 1969
- JOHN RUSSELL CAMPBELLSergeant · January 9, 1969
- STEPHEN BERNARD CARLINFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 1969
- DALE ELWYN COLLYERMaster Sergeant · January 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JUAN BAUZA-PEREZSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 57
- JOHN RUSSELL CAMPBELLSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 58
- RONALD LARRY DAVIDSONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 59
- STANLEY STEPHEN GASTONPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 59
- BRUCE BRADLEY HARTMANSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 60
- WILLIAM MILLER RIDDLESpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 61
- WILBUR JERRY SIEGRISTPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 62
- RALPH PAUL TERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 62
From Siloam Springs
- JERRY DON LANIERSpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- ARCHIE LEON WHALERPrivate · March 24, 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.