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RODGER ALAN BLATNICK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 15, 1947 – November 27, 1968
Service recordRodger Alan Blatnick, of Trinidad, Colorado, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 27, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 69
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Trinidad, Colorado (Las Animas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 69
- GEORGE ARTHUR SHAVIESSpecialist Four · November 26, 1968
- MARSHALL ROY SMITHSpecialist Four · November 26, 1968
- PATRICK EDWARD SMITH JRSergeant · November 26, 1968
- DAVID JOE STANSBURYLance Corporal · November 26, 1968
From Trinidad
- JOSEPH THOMAS MARTINFirst Sergeant · May 11, 1967
- ANTHONY WILFRED ROYBALSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- HENRY ELOY CASIASSergeant · February 4, 1968
- ISMAEL BENITO ARANDALance Corporal · August 31, 1969
- PETER VINCENT MESTASSpecialist Four · October 19, 1969
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.