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EDWARD ALOYSIUS BLAKE
Captain · U.S. Air Force
February 5, 1935 – October 29, 1964
Service recordEdward Aloysius Blake, of Long Beach, Mississippi, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 29, 1964, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 69
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 5, 1935
- Home of record
- Long Beach, Mississippi (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1964
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1964; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In October 1964, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 69
- EDWARD STEPHEN KRUKOWSKICaptain · October 24, 1964
- CHARLES PIERCE SPARKSPrivate First Class · October 24, 1964
- GLENN CHARLES DYERFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1964
- WILLIAM CHARLES TOTHPrivate First Class · October 27, 1964
From Long Beach
- DAVID DEWITT CREELSpecialist Five · November 27, 1968
- LEO MEYERS BRELANDSpecialist Four · April 26, 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.