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JACK PATRICK BLAKE
Captain · U.S. Army
March 6, 1944 – December 20, 1968
Service recordJack Patrick Blake, of Beaumont, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 47
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. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 MED DET VET FD INSP 44 MED BDE
- Born
- March 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Beaumont, Texas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 47
- MICHAEL PATRICK WALSHPrivate First Class · December 19, 1968
- LANNY LAMAR WESSONSergeant · December 19, 1968
- DONNIE LEON WORTHEYPrivate First Class · December 19, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM BENSONSpecialist Five · December 20, 1968
From Beaumont
- JAMES LOUIS ALLENPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS HOPKINSSpecialist Five · February 6, 1966
- WARREN SHELBY MCELHANONPrivate First Class · March 9, 1966
- JOHN HENRY EAGLINSergeant · April 11, 1966
- DENNIS LEE REEVESSergeant · April 14, 1966
- FREDERIC WILLIAM FRITTSSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- BRENT IKE GRIGGSPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- CLAUDE BENJAMIN RUSH JRStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- CLAIR LEONARD RAY SAINTCorporal · February 26, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE WILKERSONPrivate First Class · April 20, 1967
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.