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ROBERT ARTHUR BELCHER
Major · U.S. Air Force
August 11, 1935 – March 28, 1969
Service recordRobert Arthur Belcher, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 28, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 65
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 389 TAC FTR SQ
- Born
- August 11, 1935
- Home of record
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “389 TAC FTR SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 28W, Line 65
- DAVID OLSEN WILSONSergeant · March 27, 1969
- KENNETH LEROY WITHAMLance Corporal · March 27, 1969
- LESLIE WAYNE WORLSpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- PETER JOSEPH BOUCHARDSergeant · March 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL ANDREW MILLERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 72
From Baton Rouge
- THOMAS MOOREChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- GEORGE CARLTON MCCLEARYColonel · November 5, 1965
- LARRY NELSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · June 8, 1966
- WALTER LOUIS WELLSSpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
- CARROLL GENE HOGEMANCaptain · November 26, 1966
- WILLIE GRANT JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- WILLIAM BRIAN HAYSCorporal · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS DALTON BABIN JRFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 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.