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PERCY EUGENE BLY JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 27, 1947 – September 14, 1970
Service recordPercy Eugene Bly JR, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 63
- TYRONE CALVIN WATSONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1970
- NICOLAS WHEELERCorporal · September 13, 1970
- ROBERT FREDAPrivate First Class · September 14, 1970
- KENNARD KING KANOSHSpecialist Five · September 14, 1970
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 1966
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.