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BLAINE HENRY WALSH
Seaman · U.S. Navy
November 2, 1949 – November 27, 1969
Service recordBlaine Henry Walsh, of Thiensville, Wisconsin, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 27, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 129
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- November 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Thiensville, Wisconsin (Ozaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 129
- JOHNNIE MITCHELL WAHLSergeant · November 27, 1969
- ULYSSES WALLACEPrivate First Class · November 27, 1969
- ANGEL LUIS ACEVEDO-MILLANSpecialist Four · November 28, 1969
- THOMAS EARL ASKEWSergeant · November 28, 1969
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.