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BLAKE HENRY HALFMAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 31, 1946 – February 17, 1968
Service recordBlake Henry Halfman, of Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 71
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
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- December 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin (Fond Du Lac County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 71
- JAMES THOMAS GORDONCorporal · February 17, 1968
- TERRENCE COLLINSON GRAVESSecond Lieutenant · February 17, 1968
- HENRY GREGORYPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- GLENN MILLER HAYDENCommander · February 17, 1968
From Fond Du Lac
- CARL WAYNE GRIMESPrivate First Class · May 5, 1964
- GERALD CARL CAPELLECaptain · April 1, 1965
- CLYDE DUANE DAWSONMajor · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES HERMAN HILLCorporal · June 22, 1966
- RODNEY HOWARD RICKLISeaman · February 15, 1967
- ROY ANTHONY SCHAEFER JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- PHILIP JOHN KIMPELPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- FREDERICK RAYMOND CASPERFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1968
- GERALD STANLEY STOZEKSpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
- LEO ROLAND MEYERSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
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.