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ROBERT DEAN BLOUGH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 11, 1944 – September 7, 1967
Service recordRobert Dean Blough, of Sterling, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 21
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Sterling, Ohio (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 21
- ROBERT GLENN WILLOWPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- GREGORY LEE YEAGERLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- RAY ADAM ARCHULETTASergeant First Class · September 7, 1967
- ROBERT SEWELL BARNESPrivate First Class · September 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT SEWELL BARNESPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 21
- ORRIN JOSEPH CASSATAPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 22
- CHARLES GARY HAMILTONSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 25
From Sterling
- DOUGLAS EDWARD RAUSCHENBERGPrivate First Class · September 3, 1966
- CECIL EUGENE LITTLESergeant · April 20, 1967
- RANDALL LYNN LLOYDCorporal · May 12, 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.