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HOWELL FRANK BLAKEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 28, 1948 – April 11, 1970
Service recordHowell Frank Blakey, of Free Union, Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 11, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 121
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Free Union, Virginia (Albemarle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 121
- JOHN CHARLES ROSESergeant · April 10, 1970
- ROY WALKERTechnical Sergeant · April 10, 1970
- THOMAS L WATERMANSergeant · April 10, 1970
- EMILIO A DELA GARZA JRLance Corporal · April 11, 1970
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.