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RICHARD L BLASKOWSKI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 19, 1951 – December 4, 1970
Service recordRichard L Blaskowski, of Cheboygan, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 105
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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 19, 1951
- Home of record
- Cheboygan, Michigan (Cheboygan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 105
- ROBERT LEE KINGCorporal · December 3, 1970
- SCOTT LAWRENCE SCHMIDTSpecialist Four · December 3, 1970
- JERRY DOYLE WALKERSpecialist Five · December 3, 1970
- PETER CLAUS BEHRENSWarrant Officer 1 · December 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT A WILLIAMS JRSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 107
From Cheboygan
- LE ROY HARLAND CHARBONEAUCorporal · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE ODONNELLPrivate · March 12, 1968
- DAVID THOMAS CONNORSSpecialist Four · April 2, 1968
- STEVEN BRUCE LAVIGNELance Corporal · June 18, 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.