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THEODORE BELTON
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 1, 1947 – March 20, 1968
Service recordTheodore Belton, of Ridgeway, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Ridgeway, South Carolina (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1968; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Bien Hoa 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 38
- DENNIS RICHARD CANTLERCorporal · March 20, 1968
- JOSEPH J CASSIDY JRSergeant · March 20, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES CORDIASpecialist Four · March 20, 1968
- BRUCE ALVIN COUILLARDCaptain · March 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ORIS CAMILLUS TAYLORSergeant · Panel 45E, Line 43
From Ridgeway
- ROBERT LOUIS SIMMONSSergeant · February 25, 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.