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JOSEPH KENNETH L BELANGER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 23, 1945 – February 7, 1965
Service recordJoseph Kenneth L Belanger, of Bingham, Maine, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aeroscout Observer (93B)
- Born
- January 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Bingham, Maine (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1965. In February 1965, 54 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 84
- ALFRED ALLEN FRYESergeant · January 27, 1965
- GEORGE FREDERICK VLISIDESMajor · January 27, 1965
- ROBERT LEE WHITEMaster Sergeant · January 29, 1965
- DAVID CRAIG IIISpecialist Five · February 7, 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.