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RONALD EARL BLAKE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 14, 1940 – June 10, 1965
Service recordRonald Earl Blake, of Johnston, Rhode Island, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 3
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 14, 1940
- Home of record
- Johnston, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 3
- NELSON EARL VANGUNDYCorporal · June 9, 1965
- JOHN WILLIE WHITEPrivate First Class · June 9, 1965
- WALTER RAY GRAYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1965
- FRED MONROE OWENSSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
Same unit, same day
- FRED MONROE OWENSSergeant First Class · Panel 2E, Line 3
- ROBERT LEE CURLEE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 4
- BRUCE GARDNER JOHNSONLieutenant Colonel · Panel 2E, Line 5
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · Panel 2E, Line 6
From Johnston
- ALPHONSE JOSEPH MACCHIONICorporal · May 30, 1968
- ANDREW JACOB WANGPetty Officer Third Class · June 2, 1968
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.