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RICHARD THOMAS BLAKE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 23, 1948 – July 29, 1969
Service recordRichard Thomas Blake, of Malden, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Malden, Missouri (Dunklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 69
- DANIEL ALPHONSE BOLDUCCorporal · July 29, 1969
- PERRY NATHANIEL BROWNINGStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1969
- JAMES PHILLIP CHITTWOODFirst Lieutenant · July 29, 1969
- RANDALL MORRIS DENTONCorporal · July 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM THORNTON POCHERCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 75
From Malden
- DAVID LEE VARVELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 19, 1965
- BRUCE ANTHONY NELSONSpecialist Five · February 15, 1968
- RONALD LEE HOLTZHOUSERSergeant · April 15, 1968
- RAYMOND ALLEN MAYStaff Sergeant · January 9, 1970
- BILLIE JOE WILLIAMSLieutenant Colonel · December 9, 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.