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Biographical Information

Date : 1945

I was born in Newton , Mass .We  lived there a couple of years while my dad went to the  Seminary .My father is Howard  Blalock,  from New Holland ,Ga. and my mother is Annie  Odom, from  Macon ,Ga. My father is a retired Baptist minister . I wasn't born in Georgia, but I got here as quick as I could. We moved to Gordon Ga  in 1947 ,then in 1949 we moved to Blackshear Ga.  I started to school in 1951 at Grady St School,  grades 5 and 6 at Main St School both in Blackshear Ga. In 1957  we moved to Chicopee Ga. I went to Chicopee Elementary then to South Hall High School, I graduated in 1963. Then went to North Georgia Trade and Voc School at Clarksville Ga,  I graduated in late 1965 and went to work at Gainesville Ford Co as an auto mechanic and worked until May 1966...



Howard And  Annie 
Dennis Blalock and  Ellen

Dad And Mother My sister and I

 

The word I got was

" Greetings"

Date May17,1966

I was drafted into the US Army. Went to Fort Benning Ga.( Induction Center) for 2 weeks then to  Ft. Riley, Kansas  C btry 2nd Bn 4th Arty 9th Infantry Division  for basic training (Custer Hill) . Stayed with them for AIT (105mm Tow) (13B10) from there to Vietnam Jan 1967 on the USS General John Pope . In Vietnam I was at Bear Cat for a while then Tan Tru . About May 67 I was (infused) transfered to B btry 1st Bn 83rd Arty II Field Forces      (8 in / 175mm SP) and went back to Bear Cat , then the Battery moved to Ham Tan (Binh Tuy Province). Our gun (#2 was a 175mm for about 2 tubes then we changed to a 8 in )I stayed there untill Jan 68, then I came back to the world. I had 6 months left in the Army .  I was assigned to How Btry 1st Sqdn 6th ACR at Fort George Meade Md.(155 mm SP). May 16, 1968 I got out and went home (Cornelia Ga.). No wounds except maybe in my mind , lots of memories and friends, some I will never forget.

Date:Sept 23, 1968
Went to work for Southern Bell Telephone Co ,the name changed to BellSouth Tel Inc
Date:1968
Married Sandra  from Cornelia Ga.

Date: 1970
Birth of Daughter Valerie   
(Married Brad )

Brad,Valerie and Haley Smith Homepage


Date: 1977
Birth of Daughter Amy 
(Married Derek ) 

Date:June,1982
I joined the U.S. Army Reserves:  81stRsc


Date:Feb 23,2001
Retired from Bellsouth Tel Inc.

Date:Feb 28,2003
Deployed to Kuwait and Iraq with US Army:

Date:2003
Birth of a Granddaughter:       
Grandchildren Web page

Date:Feb 14,2004
Returned from kuwait and Iraq:

Date: Jul 01,2004
Retired from US Army Reserve:

Date: 2005
Birth of a Granddaughter:      Grandchildren Web page

 Date: 2006
Birth of a Granddaughter:      Grandchildren Web page

Lynn and Amy  1998 Where we Live


Dennis and Sandra

"Lawton OK 1998 2/4FA 9th Inf Div Vietnam Reunion "
"Photo furnished by Jerri Striegler"



Dennis and Sandra 2007




Sandra and I live in Flowery Branch Ga.

I am retired from Bellsouth Tel. Inc.
I am learning to play the guitar .
I like to listen to the Original Chuck Wagon Gang , Hymms ,old time country and Bluegrass music.

Send E-mail to hblalock@bellsouth.net                        

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