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WILLIAM DAVID BLESSMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 19, 1947 – June 17, 1967
Service recordWilliam David Blessman, of Sebastopol, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 117
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Sebastopol, California (Sonoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 117
- JOHN EDWIN BERNARDSergeant · June 17, 1967
- JOHN ARTHUR BRANTLEYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- EMANUEL KRIS BRICKHOUSEPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT EARL BRIDGESAirman Second Class · June 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CURTIS JOSEPH HARMANPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 121
From Sebastopol
- JOHN PAUL MILLSSergeant · October 18, 1968
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.