Sergeant
United States Army
A BTRY, 3RD BN, 197TH ARTILLERY,
23RD ARTY GROUP, II FIELD FORCE
Component: National Guard
Serial no. 003341616
Awards include Bronze Star Medal,
Purple Heart
Age 22
Marital status: Married
Religion: Roman Catholic
Home of record: Manchester, NH
Tour began: September 16, 1968
Casualty type: Hostile, died
Multiple fragmentation wounds
Ground casualty
Body recovered
Honored on Panel 19W, Line 117 of
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial
He is also listed on The North Wall
Canadian Vietnam Veterans Memorial
in Windsor, Ontario
Son of Gerard and Juliette Blanchette, husband of Lise.
SGT Blanchette was a New Hampshire National Guardsman called up to serve in South Vietnam. Only a few days before they were to return home, he and four others were killed when their 5-ton truck hit a land mine on Highway 13, known as "Thunder Road", about 32 miles from Saigon. Some 2,000 mourners attended their joint funeral in Manchester. City officials called it the "saddest place, the saddest day in the city's history."
SFC Richard Paul Raymond
SSG Richard Eugene Genest
SGT Roger Edward Robichaud
SGT Gaetan Jean Guy Beaudoin
*Thanks, Pat Van Den Berghe, for the photos
*A big thank you to M & S Prescott for the generous sponsorship of this memorial and for the family photo.
Sergeant
United States Army
A BTRY, 3RD BN, 197TH ARTILLERY,
23RD ARTY GROUP, II FIELD FORCE
Component: National Guard
Serial no. 003341616
Awards include Bronze Star Medal,
Purple Heart
Age 22
Marital status: Married
Religion: Roman Catholic
Home of record: Manchester, NH
Tour began: September 16, 1968
Casualty type: Hostile, died
Multiple fragmentation wounds
Ground casualty
Body recovered
Honored on Panel 19W, Line 117 of
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial
He is also listed on The North Wall
Canadian Vietnam Veterans Memorial
in Windsor, Ontario
Son of Gerard and Juliette Blanchette, husband of Lise.
SGT Blanchette was a New Hampshire National Guardsman called up to serve in South Vietnam. Only a few days before they were to return home, he and four others were killed when their 5-ton truck hit a land mine on Highway 13, known as "Thunder Road", about 32 miles from Saigon. Some 2,000 mourners attended their joint funeral in Manchester. City officials called it the "saddest place, the saddest day in the city's history."
SFC Richard Paul Raymond
SSG Richard Eugene Genest
SGT Roger Edward Robichaud
SGT Gaetan Jean Guy Beaudoin
*Thanks, Pat Van Den Berghe, for the photos
*A big thank you to M & S Prescott for the generous sponsorship of this memorial and for the family photo.
