Douglas Randolph Blodgett

Vietnam War
Unit228th Aviation Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division
RankStaff Sergeant U.S. Army
Entered Service FromAlexandria Virginia
Date of DeathApril 19 1968
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes

Staff Sergeant Blodgett was a member of Company A, 228th Aviation Battalion (Assault Helicopter), 11th Aviation Group, 1st Cavalry Division (Airborne). On April 19, 1968, he was a crewman of a Boeing Chinook Cargo Handling Helicopter (CH-47A) making supply runs to "Landing Zone Tiger" in A Shau Valley, Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam when it received ground fire and crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.