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PERCY BETTELYOUN JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 11, 1947 – May 28, 1968
Service recordPercy Bettelyoun JR, of Rapid City, South Dakota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 5
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineer Equipment Operator (1345)
- Born
- October 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Rapid City, South Dakota (Pennington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 5
- STEVEN DEWITT BAKERCorporal · May 28, 1968
- RAYMOND FREDERICK BARDETPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- BARRY GEORGE BARTLESergeant · May 28, 1968
- SAM HENRY BOYDCorporal · May 28, 1968
From Rapid City
- STANLEY GEORGE SPRAGUEMajor · September 12, 1966
- DENNIS LEE HOLMFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1967
- EVART EUGENE ROBESONMajor · November 25, 1967
- NORMAN EDWARD EIDSMOECaptain · January 26, 1968
- DAVID WARREN CUTSHALLLance Corporal · March 8, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE MILLSLance Corporal · April 12, 1968
- STEPHEN GREGORY BOYERSergeant · June 1, 1968
- HARLENE EUGENE MILLETTESergeant Major · July 15, 1968
- BRENDON JAY BERRIGANSergeant · July 25, 1968
- DANIEL LEONE ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · August 25, 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.