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L C BLAKE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 19, 1930 – November 23, 1965
Service recordL C Blake, of Hemphill, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 110
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 19, 1930
- Home of record
- Hemphill, Texas (Sabine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1965
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 110
- DAVID GUERRERO BENAVENTEStaff Sergeant · November 23, 1965
- ROGER GEORGE BRITTENSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- JOHN VELCO FIORENTINSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
Same unit, same day
- ROGER GEORGE BRITTENSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 110
- GERALD THOMAS JENKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 111
- ROBIN ARTHUR RARIGPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 112
From Hemphill
- J C WALKER JRPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
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.