The WallVietnam Veterans Memorial · The Lake Norman Brief
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Andre Remi Bellemare.

The Wall › Panel 33W › New York › Andre Remi Bellemare

ANDRE REMI BELLEMARE

Private First Class · U.S. Army

November 4, 1948 – January 28, 1969

Service record

Andre Remi Bellemare, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 33W · Line 5

Position of Panel 33W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.

Remember

Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.

Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
4 INF DIV
Born
November 4, 1948
Home of record
New York, New York (Kings County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 28, 1969
Age
20
Province
Kontum
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

34 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 33W, Line 5

Same unit, same day

From New York

All 1370 names from New York →

Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.