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JOHN CHARLES BLAKE
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
March 24, 1945 – March 21, 1970
Service recordJohn Charles Blake, of Brattleboro, Vermont, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 21, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 28
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- March 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Brattleboro, Vermont (Windham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 28
- LOUIS JOSEPH BARBARIASergeant · March 21, 1970
- GARY JOE BARNETTCaptain · March 21, 1970
- ROBERT EDWARD CASTLEFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1970
- JOHN RICHARD CHAPMANStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1970
From Brattleboro
- STANLEY MARTIN BAKERSecond Lieutenant · May 20, 1967
- JAN ALAN ULMERFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 1968
- PAUL RICHARD DARTTSpecialist Four · October 24, 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.