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JOHN ARTHUR BELFORD
Seaman · U.S. Navy
August 16, 1946 – February 11, 1969
Service recordJohn Arthur Belford, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 11, 1969, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 11
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
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- August 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1969; three of them were lost in Vinh Binh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 11
- RALPH CANNONSergeant First Class · February 11, 1969
- LARRY ALAN COCHRANPrivate First Class · February 11, 1969
- DALE EUGENE CRICKLance Corporal · February 11, 1969
- RAFAEL CRUZ-CRUZCorporal · February 11, 1969
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.