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HONORED ON PANEL 37W, LINE 21 OF THE WALL
THOMAS WAYNE BLAKESLEE
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THOMAS W BLAKESLEE
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POSTED ON 8.2.2009
POSTED BY: steve benton (Buzz)
Dco 1/11 5th inf div
The men of 3rd platoon will never forget you.
POSTED ON 2.12.2006
POSTED BY: Arnold M. Huskins
An American hero
www.co.medina.oh.us/ veterans/vietnam_tribute1.htm
Sgt Blakeslee served with D Company, 1st Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division, Vietnam. Died in DaNang, Vietnam, December 2, 1968.
Awarded: The Purple Heart, Bronze Star for Valor, Combat Infantryman's Badge, National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Service Medal, and the Vietnam Campaign Medal.
POSTED ON 11.10.2002
POSTED BY: Donald Lytle
Thank You
As a fellow Buckeye, I say "THANK YOU"
As a Veteran, I say "JOB WELL DONE"
As an American, "YOUR DEATH WAS NOT IN VAIN"
And as a Believer, "YOUR SPIRIT IS ALIVE--AND STRONG"
Again, thank you for your courageous and valiant service, contribution, and most holy sacrifice given to this great country of ours! ETERNAL PEACE MY FRIEND
As a Veteran, I say "JOB WELL DONE"
As an American, "YOUR DEATH WAS NOT IN VAIN"
And as a Believer, "YOUR SPIRIT IS ALIVE--AND STRONG"
Again, thank you for your courageous and valiant service, contribution, and most holy sacrifice given to this great country of ours! ETERNAL PEACE MY FRIEND
POSTED ON 4.12.2002
POSTED BY: Dennis Lusk
My friend "Blakes"
Tom and I met at Ft. Collins before the 5th shipped out. Tom was an alternate RTO and always traveled with my machine gun squad. We were pretty close and I have some pictures of him "in country." I remember that Tom was a gentle person and had a great deal of trouble with all the killing he saw. I was one of the few people he was comfortable sharing that with. It was Tom and I that discovered that on one op we had entered Laos. He carried an extra map and I had taught map reading. When we asked the Captain about it he denied it. Tom didn't buy it. When we flew back to A4 and crossed the river he asked the Capt about the lack of bomb craters on the west side. The Capt told him to face the front of the hook and shut up. Another of my closest friends, Mark Fusile, died the day after Tom. We were wounded by the same round, along with Col Little. When I went to the actual Wall, I found out that my assistant gunner, Joe Russo, was killed a few months later.