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RICHARD J BELICOSE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 30, 1945 – May 20, 1967
Service recordRichard J Belicose, of Belford, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 53
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Belford, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 53
- JOHN ATKINSSpecialist Four · May 20, 1967
- STANLEY MARTIN BAKERSecond Lieutenant · May 20, 1967
- GARY CLIFFORD BANNONPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- ERNEST L CHAMBERS JRCorporal · May 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KARL FRIEDRICK ERBCaptain · Panel 20E, Line 57
From Belford
- GEORGE PHILLIP BERGChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 18, 1971
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.