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Blakey, Walter Scott, PO3.
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Contact Info
Home Town Eaton Rapids, Michigan
Last Address USS Iowa (BB-61)
Date of Passing Apr 19, 1989
Location of Interment Rosehill Cemetery - Eaton Rapids, Michigan
GMG3 Walter Scot Blakey graduated from Eaton Rapids High School in 1986, where he was voted class optimist. He was a member of St. Peter Catholic Church. He was one of 47 sailors killed when 550 pounds of gunpowder exploded inside the No. 2, 16-inch gun turret on the battleship USS Iowa off Puerto Rico.