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WAYNE ALDEN BLOMSTROM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 2, 1942 – April 11, 1970
Service recordWayne Alden Blomstrom, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 122
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Communications Electronics Materiel Supply Specialist (76U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- June 2, 1942
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 122
- JOHN CLIFFORD CHAVESPrivate First Class · April 11, 1970
- MICHAEL DUANE CLICKNERSergeant · April 11, 1970
- HARLAN EUGENE DANIELSPrivate First Class · April 11, 1970
- JIMMY RAY HIGDONSpecialist Four · April 11, 1970
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 1966
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.