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ROBERT LEE BELLAMY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 14, 1947 – March 22, 1968
Service recordRobert Lee Bellamy, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ENGINEERING CMD
- Born
- October 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “ENGINEERING CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
He died in Long Khanh 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 45E, Line 53
- JAMES CARROLL ACKERMAN JRPrivate First Class · March 22, 1968
- WALTER HAROLD ANSLOWSpecialist Four · March 22, 1968
- KENNETH EARL BAKER JRAirman First Class · March 22, 1968
- GARY LANE BARNUMPrivate First Class · March 22, 1968
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
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.