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RUSSELL GLEN BLOCHER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 18, 1950 – February 7, 1971
Service recordRussell Glen Blocher, of Dallas, Oregon, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1971, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 84
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Watercraft Engineer (61C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Dallas, Oregon (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1971; he was the only one lost in An Xugen Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 84
- DONALD LLOYD MEEHAN JRSpecialist Four · February 7, 1971
- CHARLES LAMONT PEACECorporal · February 7, 1971
- JOSE MARIE ROCHACorporal · February 7, 1971
- DOUGLAS RALPH SCHMALTZCorporal · February 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ALAN LARGENTPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 83
- DONALD LLOYD MEEHAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 84
- HARRY WOLFENDENSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 85
From Dallas
- WESLEY GENE BAUGHMANCorporal · May 5, 1968
- JACK HOWARD DILLONSpecialist Five · July 29, 1970
- WAYNE STEPHEN MURPHYPrivate · June 25, 1971
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.