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JOHN MICHAEL BELLAIRE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 22, 1948 – November 12, 1969
Service recordJohn Michael Bellaire, of Baraga, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 61
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Baraga, Michigan (Baraga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 61
- MICHAEL EDWARD YOUNGSpecialist Four · November 11, 1969
- KENNETH PAUL BARKLEY JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1969
- JON KEITH BODAHLMajor · November 12, 1969
- JEFFREY LYNN BOGUELance Corporal · November 12, 1969
From Baraga
- TERRANCE ALAN PICCIANOLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
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.