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GLENN ARTHUR BELCHER
Major · U.S. Air Force
May 11, 1942 – December 31, 1967
Service recordGlenn Arthur Belcher, of Fessenden, North Dakota, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on December 31, 1967, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 6
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115J)
- Born
- May 11, 1942
- Home of record
- Fessenden, North Dakota (Wells County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 31, 1967
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1967. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 33E, Line 6
- GEORGE JOSEPH WILLIAMSCorporal · December 30, 1967
- MURRAY LAMAR WORTHAMCaptain · December 30, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD ADAMSWarrant Officer 1 · December 31, 1967
- JAMES ARLIA BLANKENSHIPPrivate First Class · December 31, 1967
From Fessenden
- DAN LEE NEUENSCHWANDERPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
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.