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HARRY JOHN BELKNAP
Ensign · U.S. Navy
October 6, 1939 – June 23, 1966
Service recordHarry John Belknap, of Jonas Ridge, North Carolina, served as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 23, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 78
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. Navy
- Rank
- Ensign (ENS)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1325)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VF 151 USS CONSTELLATION CVA 64
- Born
- October 6, 1939
- Home of record
- Jonas Ridge, North Carolina (Burke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VF 151 USS CONSTELLATION CVA 64”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 78
- THOMAS EMERSON SULLIVANSergeant · June 22, 1966
- PRISHARDO JOSE T TORRESSpecialist Four · June 22, 1966
- NATHANIEL WILSONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- JAMES FREDERICK BALBIRNIEPrivate First Class · June 23, 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.