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Military Information:

• US Navy
• Vietnam Veteran
• Deceased
• QR Code
• 1-Alpha List
• National/American Defense Service Medal/Award
• Vietnam Service Medal
• Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
• Cemetery-Bolivar, Sanger, Denton County, Texas

Bio:

Blakely, Jr., Franklin D


Born: 8/19/1956 Riverside County, California
Died 9/11/2023 California
Burial: Bolivar Cemetery, Bolivar, Denton County, Texas


Father: Franklin D. Blakely Sr.,
Mother: Elizabeth Ann Fairfax Blakely

Spouse: Mirela Blakely

Franklin's ashes are interred at two different locations. Bakersfield National Cemetery in Arvin, California. (ID# 259899698) and at Bolivar Cemetery (Denton County, TX), which was his family's home.

Military Service-Military deployment summary (dates, battles, assignments, duty titles)
Vietnam, Navy, Served on the USS O’Callahan




Medallion sponsored by: Bolivar Masonic Lodge, #418

Author Information
Name: Christine Marshall Waggoner April 2024
Contact Info bolivarcemetery@yahoo.com
Current Address 7136 FM 455 W., Sanger, TX 76266

Organization Represented: Bolivar Cemetery


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