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RONALD ROY BLOHM
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 11, 1942 – September 10, 1968
Service recordRonald Roy Blohm, of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 10, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 14
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 11, 1942
- Home of record
- Eau Claire, Wisconsin (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 14
- JESSE LOUIS BARKLEYPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- THOMAS MELVIN BINAPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- JIMMIE WAYNE BOGGSSpecialist Four · September 10, 1968
- ARTHUR BAILEY BOWMAN JRLance Corporal · September 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL J D PELCHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 44W, Line 19
From Eau Claire
- RODNEY JAMES OLSONPrivate First Class · January 31, 1966
- GORDON HARRY BLEXRUDESergeant · August 24, 1965
- GERALD ARLENE VIZERPrivate First Class · May 30, 1967
- ERLING ALTON ANDERSONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- HAROLD JOHN MOECaptain · September 26, 1967
- LARRY DUANE TRAASETHLance Corporal · December 18, 1967
- ROY ARTHUR HUSSLieutenant (junior grade) · February 6, 1968
- LOWELL TODD PETERSONPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- THOMAS HAROLD UTEGAARDSergeant · June 13, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT DEVNEYPrivate First Class · July 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.