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STEVEN CARL BLOSSOM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 14, 1943 – August 5, 1968
Service recordSteven Carl Blossom, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 12
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 12
- GERALD DAVID BERGERCaptain · August 5, 1968
- WILLIAM GLENN BREWERSergeant · August 5, 1968
- BRUCE NORMAN COLSONPrivate First Class · August 5, 1968
- RONALD LEE DAVIDSONSecond Lieutenant · August 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HERMAN WILLIAM SCHERMANNSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 17
- JAMES PAUL YOUNGSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 17
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.