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LARRY RONALD BELLAMY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 21, 1947 – November 6, 1968
Service recordLarry Ronald Bellamy, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 25
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1968; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 25
- GEORGE F WALLACE JRPrivate First Class · November 5, 1968
- WAYNE ANDERSON ALLENPrivate First Class · November 6, 1968
- THOMAS LEWIS BECKERSergeant · November 6, 1968
- LANNY JOE BURDETTESergeant · November 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM DEWITT NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 28
- RUSSELL J POWELLSergeant · Panel 39W, Line 29
- ALLAN LEE SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 29
- MARVIN ISAAC SIDERSMajor · Panel 39W, Line 29
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.