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GUY LESTER BELLEW
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 9, 1932 – October 13, 1967
Service recordGuy Lester Bellew, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 98
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 9, 1932
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 98
- ROGER EDWIN WALTONPrivate First Class · October 12, 1967
- GARY LEE BINDERConstructionman · October 13, 1967
- ROBERT WHITE BOYDFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1967
- DENNIS RICHARD BROWNWarrant Officer 1 · October 13, 1967
- ALAN LESLIE SEAMANSSpecialist Four · October 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GARY DEAN BYRDStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 99
- JOSEPH DEWEY DAIGLEPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 99
- JOHN LEONARD EDWARDSStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 99
- CHARLES MILTON HOUSERMajor · Panel 27E, Line 101
- JAMES PAUL PURKEYSpecialist Five · Panel 27E, Line 103
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.