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BELMIRO TAVARES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 22, 1947 – October 2, 1966
Service recordBelmiro Tavares JR, of Hanson, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 2, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 38
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Hanson, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 38
- MICHAEL LEROY BYAMPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- DALE ARDEN WAIDSergeant · October 2, 1966
- KENNETH ORVILLE ALFSTADPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- BILLY JACK CLAYTONAirman First Class · October 3, 1966
From Hanson
- GARY THURSTON PORTERCaptain · June 20, 1967
- DAVID COLIN HALLFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM WIRTHPrivate First Class · March 2, 1970
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.