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JAMES DEE BLASKO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 8, 1948 – May 1, 1969
Service recordJames Dee Blasko, of Valparaiso, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 89
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Valparaiso, Indiana (Porter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 89
- ARTHUR WILLIAM BAILEY JRPetty Officer Third Class · May 1, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY BAUERSpecialist Four · May 1, 1969
- STEVEN DALE BELSLYCorporal · May 1, 1969
- KERNELL PERSONE BRADSBYPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN DALE BELSLYCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 89
- LARRY RICHARD COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 90
- CHARLES BENNY HIGHTPrivate · Panel 26W, Line 91
- RONALD ALLEN HILLSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 91
- JOHN DAVID SEXTONSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 94
- KENNETH LEROY WHITEStaff Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 96
From Valparaiso
- THOMAS R MANNINGSpecialist Four · February 10, 1967
- NICK JIM GRCICHSergeant First Class · March 20, 1967
- JAMES MAURICE MCGARVEYLieutenant Colonel · April 17, 1967
- PHILLIP ROBERT VENEKAMPSergeant · June 18, 1967
- GEORGE ALFRED NASH JRLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- JOEL KENTON BROWNCorporal · February 18, 1968
- EDWARD ROGER CLAYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1968
- GLENN EDWARD MILESSergeant · October 21, 1968
- HOWARD KENNETH COOPERPrivate First Class · November 11, 1968
- STEPHEN GREGORY MAUSENSpecialist Four · June 25, 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.