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ROGER LEE BLAKE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 9, 1943 – June 28, 1967
Service recordRoger Lee Blake, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 75
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1967; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 75
- IRA WINARD WILLIAMSLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- WILLIAM JACK WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- KENNETH RAY WRIGHTLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD BROOMEPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EDWARD BROOMEPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 75
- DUANE EARL CAVARZANPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 76
- ARNEL J DAVIS JRSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 76
- RODGER THOMAS GROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 77
- DENNIS LEE HALLPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 78
- GEOFFREY LAWRENCE HAMFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 78
- BOB RAYMOND LAYNEPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 79
- WALTER NORVEL LOCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 79
- GRAHAM NORRIS LOWDON JRCaptain · Panel 22E, Line 79
- DAVID ALLEN MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 79
- JOSEPH DAVID NICHOLS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 80
- JOSE HECTOR ORTIZPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 80
- WALTER PRZYBYLOWICZ JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 80
- ROBERT DUANE SNYDERSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 81
- DONALD FAYE SPICERStaff Sergeant · Panel 22E, Line 81
- KENNETH MICHAEL WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 81
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.