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JAMES ALLEN BELVEAL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 2, 1945 – November 19, 1967
Service recordJames Allen Belveal, of Sacramento, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
He died in South Vietnam while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The record gives the date and his unit, the 4th Infantry Division, which fought in the battle, but not the exact place.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 22
- ERVIN G ASCHENBRENER JRCorporal · November 19, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM BARKFELTSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- FREDDIE JAMES BENJAMINPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- ROY JAMES BLACKWELL JRSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WILLIAM BARKFELTSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 22
- JOSEPH GENE GREGGPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 26
- RONALD DEAN KINGPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 28
- JOE L LYONSStaff Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 29
- TYRONE CECIL MARSDENSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 29
- PEDRO RODRIGUEZ MONTANEZPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 30
- LESLEY WAYNE REEDStaff Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 31
- WALTER RAY RIDDLEPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 31
- JIMMY DON ROBERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 32
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.