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STEVEN DALE BELSLY
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 26, 1948 – May 1, 1969
Service recordSteven Dale Belsly, of Metamora, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 89
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Metamora, Illinois (Woodford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 89
- ARTHUR WILLIAM BAILEY JRPetty Officer Third Class · May 1, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY BAUERSpecialist Four · May 1, 1969
- JAMES DEE BLASKOSpecialist Four · May 1, 1969
- KERNELL PERSONE BRADSBYPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DEE BLASKOSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 89
- LARRY RICHARD COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 90
- CHARLES BENNY HIGHTPrivate · Panel 26W, Line 91
- RONALD ALLEN HILLSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 91
- JOHN DAVID SEXTONSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 94
- KENNETH LEROY WHITEStaff Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 96
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.