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JAMES LUJAN BLAZ
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 17, 1948 – June 7, 1967
Service recordJames Lujan Blaz, of Dededo, Guam, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 65
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
- February 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Dededo, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1967; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 65
- EVERDENE BAKER JRSpecialist Four · June 7, 1967
- JAMES DOUGLAS CARTER JRSecond Lieutenant · June 7, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH CHASELance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- HARRIS VONZELL DAVISSpecialist Four · June 7, 1967
From Dededo
- DAVID GUERRERO BENAVENTEStaff Sergeant · November 23, 1965
- JUAN DUENAS CEPEDASergeant · July 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD ANDER SANTOSSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- DONALD SUMINGUIT CARTERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY PEREZSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- EUGENE RAYMOND RIPPELSpecialist Four · July 21, 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.