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HARRY LAMAR BLALOCK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1944 – April 3, 1968
Service recordHarry Lamar Blalock, of Albemarle, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 46
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- August 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Albemarle, North Carolina (Stanly County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
Also on Panel 47E, Line 46
- JOHN CLAIR BONNEYCorporal · April 3, 1968
- WAYNE BOYDPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- JOHN JAMES BRADYSecond Lieutenant · April 3, 1968
- CANDIDO CABRERA-RODRIGUEZSergeant First Class · April 3, 1968
From Albemarle
- HENRY FONZO SMITHSergeant · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM DAVID LAMBERTPrivate First Class · December 7, 1966
- JERRY ARTHUR SNIPESPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- JAMES FELIX RUMMAGECorporal · December 21, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES MASKESergeant · March 28, 1969
- RICHARD LEE SICKLESCorporal · May 12, 1969
- CURTIS RAY HARRISSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- EUGENE PAUL CLARKCorporal · August 12, 1969
- HAROLD PHILIP FESPERMANSergeant · February 14, 1970
- JOEL CLINTON HATLEYSpecialist Four · March 5, 1971
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.