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MARC BRADLEY BELON
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 20, 1949 – May 14, 1970
Service recordMarc Bradley Belon, of Lompoc, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Lompoc, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 38
- GORDON ALLEN SHAWCorporal · May 13, 1970
- BARNARD BACONPrivate First Class · May 14, 1970
- JAMES RAYBON BARTONMajor · May 14, 1970
- CHARLES DOUGLAS BLAIRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JACKSON BREWER JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 39
- ROBERT K EVEREST IIIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 39
- LAWRENCE RAYMOND GEIGERSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 40
- EDWARD GLENN HUNTLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 41
- KENNETH MARION WALLS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 44
From Lompoc
- BILLIE LESTER BEARDStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1962
- ROBERT WENDELL GILLIAMSpecialist Five · October 7, 1966
- FRED WALTER PACKSergeant · March 11, 1967
- THORNE M CLARK IIIPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- WALTER JOHN PANAMAROFFFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL SWICKFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1968
- MITCHELL ALLEN WENTZPetty Officer Second Class · June 7, 1968
- JIM ROY GONZALESSpecialist Four · July 1, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANK BIBERSergeant · September 19, 1968
- DANIEL JOSEPH VAUGHANSpecialist Five · May 11, 1970
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.