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ROBERT KEITH BLOSSER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 10, 1950 – May 24, 1971
Service recordRobert Keith Blosser, of Kent, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 52
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Kent, Ohio (Portage County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 52
- TOM ROBERT ADLERStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1971
- JOHN HENRY GRUBERSpecialist Four · May 23, 1971
- PHILIP DEAN SHARPCaptain · May 23, 1971
- RANDALL CHARLES SHORTSpecialist Four · May 24, 1971
- LEONARD OUTLAWChief Petty Officer · March 23, 1972
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY DARREL HUMPHRESCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 53
From Kent
- JOHN HERSTON JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- FRANK JOHN PICELLE JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- MARK JOHN DEFRANGESergeant · June 25, 1969
- DANIEL LEE STARKEYPrivate First Class · October 31, 1969
- RICHARD MORGAN REESCaptain · December 15, 1973
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.