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PATRICK EARL BLAGG
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 26, 1949 – April 12, 1969
Service recordPatrick Earl Blagg, of Newport, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 61
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Newport, Kentucky (Campbell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 61
- DONALD SHERWOOD SAWYERPrivate First Class · April 11, 1969
- DANIEL EUGENE WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · April 11, 1969
- STAMATIOS G ALEXANDER JRSecond Lieutenant · April 12, 1969
- SA ATUATASI JRCorporal · April 12, 1969
From Newport
- CHARLES MARSHALL BRADFORDPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- CHARLES FREDERICK SWOPECaptain · November 9, 1966
- JAY C TIPTONLance Corporal · November 22, 1966
- GARY STEPHEN JORDANPrivate First Class · February 24, 1967
- EDWARD ARTHUR SMITHPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- CLARENCE HALLSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- TROY EVERETT POWELLLance Corporal · May 2, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD COTTINGHAMPrivate · September 23, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH BERNINGLance Corporal · June 2, 1970
- GARY LEE SCHNEIDERStaff Sergeant · July 14, 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.