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JAMES WILLIAM BLAKE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1949 – August 3, 1969
Service recordJames William Blake, of Sandusky, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 3, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 91
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Sandusky, Ohio (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 91
- BOBBY WAYNE ARMESCorporal · August 3, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL HARTERLance Corporal · August 3, 1969
- LAWRENCE ALLEN HAYESCorporal · August 3, 1969
- FRANK ALLEN HILL IIICaptain · August 3, 1969
From Sandusky
- DALE DANIEL THOMASCaptain · July 30, 1964
- JOHN EDWARD KOCHENSPARGERLance Corporal · May 22, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM GREENECorporal · March 23, 1967
- ROBERT CLARENCE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
- ALAN ALBERT STEINPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- ARTHUR CHARLES BUCKLieutenant (junior grade) · January 11, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES KEARSLEYPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- ANDRES AVALOS GONZALEZCorporal · May 22, 1968
- DENNIS MICHAEL RAMONSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- DAVID JAMES LEVIERPrivate First Class · October 16, 1968
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.