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LOUIS WILLIAM BELLACH JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 11, 1948 – September 27, 1967
Service recordLouis William Bellach JR, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 11, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 18
- WILLIE WHITESergeant · September 26, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND YONGUEFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1967
- ELDRIDGE MICHAEL BRUNETSpecialist Four · September 27, 1967
- WISELEE SMITHPetty Officer Third Class · September 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JERRY GRANT INGRAMPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 20
- STEVEN BLAINE RICCIONECorporal · Panel 27E, Line 22
- ROBIN LEE VARNEYSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 23
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.