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WILLIAM CEACON BLADES III
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 10, 1947 – May 8, 1967
Service recordWilliam Ceacon Blades III, of Pinehurst, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 55
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 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Pinehurst, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1967; 45 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 55
- EDWARD VINCENT ASIPPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- KENNETH VARSALL AVERYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- JON DOUGLAS BAKERFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1967
- JOHN HENRY BOUDREAUCorporal · May 8, 1967
From Pinehurst
- PAUL FRANCIS NEWMAN JRSpecialist Four · April 6, 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.