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WILLIAM A BLEWITT JR
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
March 4, 1950 – June 19, 1968
Service recordWilliam A Blewitt JR, of Wayne, Pennsylvania, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 32
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- March 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Wayne, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 32
- PAUL ARTHUR BOGUSKISpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
- JOHN STEPHEN BROWNPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- PATRICK ALLEN CONNELLYPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- CHARLES MICHAEL COTTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1968
From Wayne
- CALVIN KYRLE GRAESER JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- LAWRENCE JAMES MERSCHELPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- DONALD DEANE BURRIS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 22, 1969
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.