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Pennsylvania
Year of Birth 1948
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This Remembrance Profile was originally created by
HM3 Neale Turner (DocT) - Deceased
Casualty Info
Home Town Turtlepoint, PA
Last Address Turtlepoint, PA
Casualty Date Jun 08, 1970
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Quang Nam (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Grimes District Cemetery - McKean County, Pennsylvania
Wall/Plot Coordinates Panel 09W Line 026
Last Known Activity:
JEEP HITS MINE 9 KM N-NW OF AN HOA AFLD 19700608
UTM grid reference is AT829557
The 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, lost five men on 08 June 1970:
H&S Company:
HM2 Albert C. Bachman, Turtlepoint, PA
Sgt Albert A. St Lawrence, Mansfield, MA
Cpl George L. Tucker, Wheeling, WV
LCpl Willie L. Steele, Louisville, MS
K Company:
Pfc Bruce W. Blakely, Knoxville, TN
The four men from H&S were killed when their jeep struck a 60-pound box mine; three others were wounded.
Comments/Citation:
Service number B416844/188384483
Tour start date 01/15/1970