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STEVE BLASKOVICH JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 27, 1949 – June 8, 1970
Service recordSteve Blaskovich JR, of Highland, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 26
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Highland, Indiana (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 26
- DAVID LEE WOMBLECorporal · June 7, 1970
- ALBERT CARL BACHMAN JRPetty Officer Second Class · June 8, 1970
- BRUCE WILLIAM BLAKELYPrivate First Class · June 8, 1970
- CARL EALYSergeant · June 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN THOMAS KREBS JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 28
From Highland
- STEVEN MICHAEL STOFKOCorporal · August 1, 1967
- FREDERICK M GILSINGER JRPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
- FRED DARREL WHITAKERCorporal · February 15, 1969
- CALVIN ROBERT GISHPetty Officer Second Class · July 2, 1970
- THOMAS CHARLES CISARCorporal · December 12, 1970
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.