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RICHARD LYLE BLOWERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 21, 1950 – January 16, 1970
Service recordRichard Lyle Blowers, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 37
- WILLIAM BUGOSHSpecialist Four · January 15, 1970
- GREGORY JOSEPH THOMASSergeant · January 15, 1970
- TOMMY RAY WARRENMajor · January 15, 1970
- DAVID KEITH AESCHLIMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EARL ARCHER PEAKSpecialist Six · Panel 14W, Line 39
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.