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MARTIN GEORGE BLAKELY
Constructionman · U.S. Navy
July 11, 1945 – May 20, 1968
Service recordMartin George Blakely, of San Francisco, California, served as a Constructionman in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 3
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
- Constructionman (CN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Mechanic (CM)
- Born
- July 11, 1945
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 3
- JERRY ALLAN BOCKBRADERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1968
- ROBERT CROUTERStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1968
- JOSEPH RICHARD DAIGNEAULTStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1968
- CLARENCE RAY WARRICKCorporal · May 20, 1968
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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; panel and line confirmed against the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces because the federal record was incomplete. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.