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RUSSELL KEITH BLATZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 10, 1946 – January 8, 1968
Service recordRussell Keith Blatz, of Lynchburg, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 79
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Lynchburg, Virginia (Lynchburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Long An Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 79
- KENNETH DONALD BARRYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- CHARLES LAWRENCE BIFOLCHIMajor · January 8, 1968
- HOWARD MATTHEW BISSENPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- LAWRENCE CORNELIUS COVINGTONPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL RAYMOND BOWMANPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 80
- JAMES LARRY BURNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 80
- ROBERT LEO CRAWLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 82
- PHILLIP JOHN EBERHARDTCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 83
- ROGER CHRISTOPHER FOXWORTHPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 84
- DONALD WAYNE KEEPCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 85
- ROBERT E LEE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 86
- JAROLD EDWARD HUMPHREYPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 87
- PAUL JOHNSON LIVELYPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 88
- MICHAEL DAVID MARKSPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 88
- RAINER K MORGANSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 89
- GLEN MARK MORRISONPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 89
- JOHN GARY NIEDERMEYERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 90
- MARTIN EDWARD OGRADYPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 90
- NELSON MONTAGUE ONEALCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 90
- RONNIE DEAN PENDERGRAFTPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 91
- JUAN J PEREZFirst Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 91
- CLYDE RAYMOND PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 91
- JERRY EARL PRYSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 92
- DANIEL REESE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 92
- STEPHEN JAMES STEWARTSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 94
- WILLIAM EDWARD TIEMANSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 1
- DONALD WOOLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 3
- ROBERT LEROY WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 3
From Lynchburg
- KENNETH ARTHUR SHANNONFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HUGHESStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- DONALD E CLARK JRCaptain · March 23, 1966
- LARRY FRANCIS WIRTSpecialist Four · April 23, 1966
- HARRY BURKLEY FORBESSpecialist Five · June 29, 1966
- CALVERT JAMES JOHNSONSergeant · November 8, 1966
- STEPHEN FINNEYSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- EUGENE DAVID HARVEYPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
- RICHARD JUNIOR JONESPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- DAVID WAYNE DEPRIESTSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
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.