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RICHARD ALAN SABLOTNY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 24, 1948 – October 27, 1968
Service recordRichard Alan Sablotny, of Bedford Heights, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Bedford Heights, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 46
- JAMES J MCCAFFREY JRPrivate First Class · October 27, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH NOVAKCorporal · October 27, 1968
- JERRY SCOTT RATLIFFStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1968
- WAYMOND ANDREW SAYLORSpecialist Four · October 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LEIGH MICHELCaptain · Panel 40W, Line 42
- MICHAEL JOSEPH NOVAKCorporal · Panel 40W, Line 46
- WAYMOND ANDREW SAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 46
From Bedford Heights
- JAMES LEO STILESCorporal · June 20, 1968
- JOHN STEPHENSON WILSONWarrant Officer 1 · June 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.