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RONALD DALE BELARSKI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 12, 1949 – August 25, 1970
Service recordRonald Dale Belarski, of Charleroi, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 3
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Charleroi, Pennsylvania (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1970; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 3
- JOHN SYLVESTER NUTWELLSpecialist Five · August 24, 1970
- BRUCE GARLAND TINDALLStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1970
- IVAN LLOYD BARGER JRSpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
- DONALD GEORGE CHMIELStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD GEORGE DICKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 2
- BARRY WILLIAM GODFREYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7W, Line 4
- JOHN PATRICK HEARSCH JRCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 4
- JOHN JOSEPH KLIGAR IIISergeant · Panel 7W, Line 5
- CHARLES HENRY MEAKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 6
- TERRELL LEE RAWLINSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 7W, Line 6
- MICHAEL EUGENE WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 7
From Charleroi
- JAY WAYNE PAROLASpecialist Four · October 28, 1968
- LEMUEL ISABELLESpecialist Five · February 25, 1969
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.