William H Blake, Jr

The database page for William H Blake, Jr

1 Apr 2001 REMEMBERED. Five men of Alpha Company, 1/7th Marines, died in a firefight on February 6th, 1968. One of them was my brother, PFC William L. Young. The others were PVT William H. Blake LCPL Edward J. Brewer SGT Robert E. Ewoldt PFC Randall J. Schwendy God rest their souls. Visit my personal memorial to these men

A Note from The Virtual Wall By 06 Feb 1968 the Tet Offensive was in full swing, with heavy fighting throughout South Vietnam. In Quang Nam Province, the 1/7 Marines were deployed against NVA/VC forces attacking the Danang/Marble Mountain complex. The Communist forces began the second phase of their Da Nang offensive on the night of 05/06 Feb . 1/7's involvement began at 2000 05 Feb, when Charlie 1/7 engaged an NVA force south of the Tuy Loan River. Fighting continued throughout the 1/7 area of responsibility, and 24 hours later had resulted in the deaths of 16 men from 1/7 Marines: A Company: Pvt William H. Blake, Hanover, MA LCpl Edward J. Brewer, Elmira, NY Sgt Robert E. Ewoldt, Whittemore, IA LCpl Douglas H. Griffin, Coleman, TX Pfc Randall J. Schwendy, Copenhagen, NY Pfc William L. Young, York, PA B Company: SSgt Alvin P. Mason, Washington, DC D Company: Pfc Joe W. Greene, Canton, OH Sgt Glen T. Lunsford, Danville, VA (Navy Cross) LCpl Ronald E. Morris, Sandston, VA LCpl Phillip L. Salinas, Leoti, KS LCpl Gary L. Tallentire, Cincinnati, OH Pfc Robert H. Taylor, Birmingham, AL 2ndLt Henry A. Wright, Oakland, CA H&S Company: HM3 Larry W. Stull, Fostoria, OH (Corpsman, D/1/7) Cpl Jonathan E. Sykes, Trenton, NJ

The point-of-contact for this memorial is a friend, Judy Green judyindisquise@tampabay.rr.com 1 Apr 2001

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