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WAYNE VALGEEN BLAKE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 8, 1949 – August 4, 1970
Service recordWayne Valgeen Blake, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 4, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 81
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 81
- MARTIN THOMAS PRASTFirst Lieutenant · January 30, 1970
- KENT CARTER WOLFSpecialist Five · August 3, 1970
- JAMES LYNELL BLOW JRPrivate First Class · August 4, 1970
- JOHN HARLIE BURGESS JRCorporal · August 4, 1970
- WILLIAM MARTIN CLARKLance Corporal · August 4, 1970
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 1967
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.