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MICHAEL ARCHIE BLAKEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 24, 1949 – January 14, 1969
Service recordMichael Archie Blakey, of North Highlands, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 24, 1949
- Home of record
- North Highlands, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 87
- GERALD OTIS BAKERSpecialist Four · January 14, 1969
- CLUSTER LEE BEARFIELDPrivate First Class · January 14, 1969
- PAUL EDWARD BELANGERSergeant · January 14, 1969
- DANNIE LEON BIRDSpecialist Four · January 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH LOREN JONESCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 89
From North Highlands
- RUSSELL EDWARD METZGERCorporal · June 4, 1966
- JAMES CHARLES KROUSETechnical Sergeant · October 3, 1967
- STEPHEN RENIER TUBREFirst Lieutenant · August 31, 1968
- RANDOLPH BROWN JRLance Corporal · February 12, 1969
- ROY EDWARD PITTSPrivate First Class · February 17, 1969
- DANIEL W LAWSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
- DAVID LESLIE PALMERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1970
- MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER SMARTTCorporal · December 31, 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.