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WALTER ROGERS BLALOCK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 28, 1943 – March 6, 1967
Service recordWalter Rogers Blalock, of Big Spring, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 26
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Big Spring, Texas (Howard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 26
- RONALD AARON WILLIAMSCorporal · March 5, 1967
- ROBERT EVANS WISEFirst Lieutenant · March 5, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD BOGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- HOWARD B CARPENTERSergeant · March 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LYNN MICHAEL FERGUSONPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 27
- STEPHEN GRADY PECKSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 30
- WILLIAM CLAUDE POOLEMaster Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 30
- HARRY EDWARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 32
From Big Spring
- AUGUSTIN CHAVEZ PAREDEZSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LEWIS MCCOY THOMASPrivate First Class · April 14, 1966
- INZAR WILLIAM RACKLEY JRLieutenant Colonel · October 18, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN SPANGLERSpecialist Five · November 5, 1966
- EDDIE DEAN HOLLANDSWORTHPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- GENE VAUGHNLance Corporal · May 2, 1967
- DEAN MOORESpecialist Five · November 22, 1967
- ISMAEL HOLGUINSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- REYNALDO AYALA SANCHEZPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- MICHAEL MACKIE OBRIENPrivate First Class · May 1, 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.