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GOLA CALVIN BETLEYOUN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 13, 1947 – February 23, 1968
Service recordGola Calvin Betleyoun, of Macon, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Macon, Georgia (Bibb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 72
- CHARLES J SABATIERSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- LARRY ADAMSSpecialist Four · February 23, 1968
- GUY ROBERT BEANPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- THOMAS H BIRCHCorporal · February 23, 1968
- JAMES ROY BRYANTPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY ADAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 72
- JERRY DEWAIN EVANSSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 73
- JACK GALE KRIDERCorporal · Panel 40E, Line 76
- RANDY COIS MOORECorporal · Panel 40E, Line 77
- ALFRED EDGAR PLAEP JRCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 1
- TINEY W WINTERSSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 5
From Macon
- EDDIE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- RALPH LEON HINSONStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- HAZE HOWARD IIISpecialist Four · July 3, 1966
- JIMMY ALVIN JOHNSONSergeant · September 23, 1966
- WAYNE THAD STRICKLANDCorporal · September 24, 1966
- WILLIAM SHERWOOD COCHRANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- RALLS HAWKINSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- SANDY LEE ROSSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- WILLIS LEE FURNEYSergeant · March 9, 1967
- FRANKLIN DWIGHT RUISPrivate First Class · March 19, 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.