THE WALL OF FACES

The “Friends of Rocky Versace” remember one of the 67 men whose name is chiseled into stone beneath a Gold Star at the Captain Rocky Versace Plaza and Vietnam Veterans Memorial, SSG Douglas Randolph Blodgett, on the day after what would’ve been his 70th birthday – 1 May 2017.

DEAR STAFF SERGEANT BLODGETT,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS HELICOPTER CREW WITH THE 1ST CAV. MIKE WAS 1ST CAV, SAY HI TO HIM. FRANKIE WAS ALSO KILLED IN QUANG TRI, SAY HI TO HIM TOO. YOU ARE STILL MIA.
PLEASE COME HOME.
IT HAS BEEN FAR TOO LONG FOR ALL OF YOU TO HAVE BEEN GONE. WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU HAVE DONE, AND YOUR SACRIFICE. WATCH OVER THE U.S.A., IT STILL NEEDS YOUR COURAGE. GOD BLESS YOU. MAY THE ANGELS BE AT YOUR SIDE. REST IN PEACE. MANY OF US HAVE BEGUN OUR JOURNEY TO EASTER. AND YOU ARE ALL IN OUR PRAYERS. IT IS HOLY WEEK, AND PASSOVER - GOD'S BLESSINGS ON YOU.

This is a picture of the MIA Bracelet for SSG Douglas R. Blodgett which is on display at the Captain Rocky Versace Plaza and Vietnam Veterans Memorial located in Alexandria, VA. SSG Blodgett is one of the 6 MIAs whose name is chiseled into stone beneath a Gold Star on the Versace Memorial. The other five are: (1) Maj Joseph E. Davies, USAF; (2) Maj Morgan J. Donahue, USAF; (3) 1LT Leland S. McCants III; (4) CPT Humbert R. "Rocky" Versace, USA; (5) SA John A. Winkler, USN.

SSG Douglas Randolph Blodgett is one of the 67 men from Alexandria, Virginia who remains Missing in Action (MIA) in Vietnam from that war and remembered with his name below a Gold Star on the benches surrounding the statue of POW/MIA and Medal of Honor recipient CPT "Rocky" Versace at the Captain Rocky Versace Plaza and Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Shown is an overhead picture of the Versace Plaza. The “Friends of Rocky Versace” annually conduct Memorial Day & Veterans Day Ceremonies at the Plaza/Memorial and cordially invite SSG Blodgett's family members, his brothers-in-arms and friends to join us at the observances.

Per Tony Heisley's 11 Apr 2000 remembrance, below, shown is an artist's rendering of Alexandria's Vietnam Veterans Memorial - the Captain Rocky Versace Plaza and Vietnam Veterans Memorial. SSG Douglas Randolph Blodgett is one of 67 men from Alexandria, Virginia who will be remembered on the Memorial.