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ROCKY LEE BLAIR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 23, 1948 – October 28, 1968
Service recordRocky Lee Blair, of Long Beach, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 28, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 48
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- April 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 48
- CHARLES RICHARD CONNORLieutenant Colonel · October 28, 1968
- JOHNNY LEE EVANSCorporal · October 28, 1968
- KENNETH WAYNE FAULPrivate First Class · October 28, 1968
- RONNIE LEN RUSSELLPrivate First Class · October 28, 1968
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 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.