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DAVID LESLIE BELLERIVE
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 3, 1948 – January 19, 1969
Service recordDavid Leslie Bellerive, of Middleboro, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 36
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Middleboro, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 36
- RICHARD ARNOLD CARLSONPrivate First Class · January 19, 1969
- JOHN NELSON COTTRELLSergeant · January 19, 1969
- MICHAEL LEWIS DORNPrivate First Class · January 19, 1969
- DAVID CHARLES HALLPetty Officer Third Class · January 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LEE HARRISCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 37
From Middleboro
- HUBERT BRADFORD LOHEEDCaptain · February 1, 1966
- GERALD BRIAN DORRPrivate First Class · April 15, 1967
- WAYNE MAURICE CARONPetty Officer Third Class · July 28, 1968
- FRED ZIMRI WASHBURNFirst Lieutenant · October 2, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN MORRISONLance Corporal · November 1, 1968
- WILLIAM MARK SMITHSergeant · March 3, 1969
- WILLIAM F HITCHCOCKPrivate First Class · April 15, 1969
- ROBERT FRANCIS TOWNES JRSpecialist Four · July 8, 1972
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.