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MELFORD KEITH BLAKELY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 2, 1948 – January 10, 1969
Service recordMelford Keith Blakely, of Shawnee, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 63
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Shawnee, Oklahoma (Pottawatomie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1969; nine of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 63
- CARL THEODORE ALEXANDERCorporal · January 10, 1969
- RONALD KAZUO ASADASergeant · January 10, 1969
- DONALD SUMINGUIT CARTERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1969
- JOHN CURTIS FITZWATERSergeant First Class · January 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TERRANCE DEAN J FRANCISSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 64
- MARTIN RAYMOND JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 66
- STEPHEN RALPH MULLINSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 66
- RUDY RONNIE TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 67
From Shawnee
- WAYNE WARREN HUMPHRIESSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ROBERT LAWRENCEFirst Lieutenant · February 22, 1968
- PETER EARL POWELLSpecialist Five · April 11, 1968
- RONALD VINCENT HARBERTLance Corporal · June 29, 1968
- ROY EUGENE LYNNPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- MILFORD EUDENE COBBStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1969
- DONALD LYNN WANNChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 1, 1971
- GARY BRUCE FARRISFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1972
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.