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THOMAS EDWARD BLUBAUGH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 11, 1946 – July 11, 1965
Service recordThomas Edward Blubaugh, of Knoxville, Iowa, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 11, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 35
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- January 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Iowa (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 35
- LUIS RAFAEL JIMENEZStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- BRIAN JAMES GAUTHIERCorporal · July 11, 1965
- KENNETH ANTHONY SEISSERLance Corporal · July 11, 1965
- DAVID DAYLE MCKENZIELance Corporal · July 12, 1965
From Knoxville
- HAROLD DEAN MONEYSMITHStaff Sergeant · July 27, 1967
- ROBERT IVAN KLOOTWYKLance Corporal · August 8, 1967
- JOHN WILBUR SAMS JRPrivate First Class · March 22, 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.