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CALVIN BELTON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 6, 1947 – July 4, 1967
Service recordCalvin Belton, of New Haven, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 123
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 6, 1947
- Home of record
- New Haven, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 123
- LEO EARL SEYMOURSergeant First Class · July 3, 1967
- KENNETH PAUL BIRELEYPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- STEVEN ALAN BROWNPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- JAMES HENRY COONEYCorporal · July 4, 1967
From New Haven
- EVERETT LEE ANDERSONSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- RICHARD JAMES REGANSecond Lieutenant · August 11, 1965
- ROBERT ARNOLD TILLQUISTSpecialist Four · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MEGLIO JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1965
- ANTHONY GIANELLIPrivate First Class · January 18, 1966
- HENRY LEE WHALEYCorporal · March 30, 1966
- ALEXANDER J MCGLOTHLINLance Corporal · April 13, 1966
- JOSEPH ANTHONY PECORA JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOHN HAROLD RABERCorporal · July 1, 1966
- SAMUEL WALTER BREWERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
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.