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RICHARD LEWIS BELINGE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 31, 1945 – March 26, 1968
Service recordRichard Lewis Belinge, of Springfield, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Springfield, Missouri (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Định Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 29
- STEVEN MICHAEL BEZENSKISpecialist Five · March 26, 1968
- JOSEPH M BROWNPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE BURKHARTSergeant · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT J PIATKOWSKICorporal · March 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROSS APPLEGATESpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 27
- JOHN PATRICK GIDDINGSSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 33
- JOHNNIE DARRIEL HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 34
- CHARLES RAY MOOMEYSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 38
- GARY MARTIN REEDYSpecialist Five · Panel 46E, Line 40
- JAMES FRANCIS STOLINSKISergeant · Panel 46E, Line 42
From Springfield
- SHEPHEN HIETT PHILLIPSSergeant · July 18, 1965
- WILBERT CLAUDE DAVISSergeant · October 12, 1965
- DAVID MARSHALL KNIGHTSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- DOUGLAS BLAKE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- JACK EUGENE GOSS IIPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- RANDALL KERWIN RUSSELLSergeant · July 6, 1967
- ROBERT DEAN CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- JAMES DOYLE STOKESPrivate · November 30, 1967
- CHARLES KIRBY WILCOXCaptain · January 9, 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.