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GREGORY ALLEN BLAKENEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 18, 1950 – May 25, 1970
Service recordGregory Allen Blakeney, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 94
- JEFFERY JAMES BENJAMINSpecialist Four · May 25, 1970
- GEORGE ALFRED BIRDWELLSpecialist Four · May 25, 1970
- BERNARD BRAYSpecialist Four · May 25, 1970
- PETER NORBERT BRUYERESpecialist Four · May 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST CLAUDE BALLANDStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 93
- HAROLD RAY BURTONCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 95
- MICHAEL JOHN CHAMBERLAINCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 95
- GARVIN WAYNE DILLSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 96
- GREGORY JOHN MAYNARDCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 98
- ROY JASPER SNYDERCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 100
- CHARLES ROYCE STEVENSONCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 101
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.