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ROBERT J BLAUT JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 8, 1950 – February 23, 1969
Service recordRobert J Blaut JR, of Silver Grove, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 90
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rough Terrain Forklift And Loader Operator (62M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 46 ENG BN 159 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- March 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Silver Grove, Kentucky (Campbell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 90
- JAMES BERENDSSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN BRADYPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- HAROLD GEORGE BRETONPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- MARVIN H BROWNStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1969
From Silver Grove
- JOHN CHARLES FREPPONSpecialist Four · December 11, 1967
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.