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ANTHONY RODNEY BELLAMY
Major · U.S. Army
January 30, 1940 – May 5, 1968
Service recordAnthony Rodney Bellamy, of Boise, Idaho, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 3
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.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 30, 1940
- Home of record
- Boise, Idaho (Ada County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 3
- THEODORE R BONHAM JRSergeant · May 5, 1968
- GARY LEE BOUNDSPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- JAMES EDGAR BOWMANStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- THOMAS GEORGE BROCKERCorporal · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILHELM KARL DAMMERStaff Sergeant · Panel 55E, Line 8
- MARION EDWARD WAUGHMajor · Panel 55E, Line 35
From Boise
- JESSE DONALD PHELPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- JERRY DUANE ESTESLance Corporal · February 6, 1966
- CLYDE ARTHUR CROWStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- GARY JACK FOSTERCorporal · June 4, 1966
- BRUCE ROLLA BENNETTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- ROBERT ALLAN POWELLPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- WILLIAM RONALD BEASLEYFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1966
- LLOYD BRUCE JENSENSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- FLOYD GWEN SAVELLSpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS VOLKCaptain · April 21, 1967
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.