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RICHARD ROY BELLWOOD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 18, 1949 – January 25, 1969
Service recordRichard Roy Bellwood, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1969, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 73
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 18, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1969; six of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 73
- LLOYD IRVIN LUTTRELLPetty Officer Third Class · January 24, 1969
- GREGORY CHARLES TUCKERCorporal · January 24, 1969
- LAWRENCE GABE BORQUEZPrivate · January 25, 1969
- ALVIN RAY NARCISSECorporal · January 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS ALLEN HOLZHEIMERSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 76
- JAMES ALFRED LUCKEYSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 77
- JAMES PATRICK RIGGINSSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 79
- JAY DEE RUMSEYCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 79
- ROGER LEE VICKERSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 80
- CHARLES MINOR WOODALL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 81
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.