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JAMES GERALD BELINSKI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 31, 1947 – July 1, 1968
Service recordJames Gerald Belinski, of Stalwart, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Stalwart, Michigan (Chippewa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 26
- PETER JASON ANGLECorporal · July 1, 1968
- AUGUST FERREL BOLTPrivate First Class · July 1, 1968
- GEDDES CHARLES BOYTER JRWarrant Officer 1 · July 1, 1968
- NICHOLAS JAY BUFFINCorporal · July 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HOLLIS RONNEY NORRIDSergeant · Panel 54W, Line 31
- TONY TROMBETTASpecialist Four · Panel 54W, Line 33
- THOMAS MELVIN WASHINGTONSpecialist Four · Panel 54W, Line 33
- THOMAS HOWARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 34
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.