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ARMIN JOCHAIM BLAKE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 19, 1934 – March 22, 1969
Service recordArmin Jochaim Blake, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 8
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 19, 1934
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1969; ten of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 8
- ROSCOE WILLET BALL JRSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- JOHN BARCA JRLance Corporal · March 22, 1969
- MORRIS SAMPSON BEESONChief Petty Officer · March 22, 1969
- RALPH NEVIN BICKFORDCorporal · March 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD WILBUR ANDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 7
- ROSCOE WILLET BALL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 8
- JOHN RALPH BRANDBORGSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 9
- HARVEY GORDON ENZSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 10
- MICHAEL EDWARD HERMSENSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 11
- JAMES ALLEN MCKECHNIESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 13
- LAUVI PAUL PHILIP PETERSPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 13
- ANGEL REYESSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 13
- CLYDE STANLEY SWEATTSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 15
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.