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BLAKE EDWARD ASTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 28, 1951 – September 28, 1970
Service recordBlake Edward Aston, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 28, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 97
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- March 28, 1951
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 97
- JOHN WILLIAM PARSELLSSergeant · September 27, 1970
- ROBERT FRANK RONGA JRSpecialist Four · September 27, 1970
- JEFFREY MERLE WHITESpecialist Four · September 27, 1970
- WESLEY WAYNE DAVISPrivate · September 28, 1970
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.