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MICHAEL DELANO BLEA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 15, 1950 – May 13, 1969
Service recordMichael Delano Blea, of Fallon, Nevada, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 94
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Fallon, Nevada (Churchill County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 94
- BRUCE CARLTON BESSORCaptain · May 13, 1969
- PATRICK WALLACE BESTPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- JIMMIE RAY BICEPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- JAMES LEE BLANTON JRPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KILBERN DEAN BOUDRAPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 95
- JAMES HERBERT DYECorporal · Panel 25W, Line 98
- ROBERT AYERS GRUHNSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 101
- RONALD WAYNE MARRSSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 105
- JOHN EDWARD RAYSergeant First Class · Panel 25W, Line 109
From Fallon
- BILLY DAVID HILLSergeant First Class · January 21, 1968
- WILLARD VERNON JOHNSONSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- RONALD RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · November 9, 1969
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROGNESpecialist Five · March 8, 1970
- EDDIE MOLINO JRCaptain · May 10, 1970
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.