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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Tommy Joe Belcher.

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TOMMY JOE BELCHER

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

September 12, 1939 – February 10, 1965

Service record

Tommy Joe Belcher, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 1E · Line 88

Position of Panel 1E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Transportation Supply And Parts Specialist (76H)
Born
September 12, 1939
Home of record
Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 10, 1965
Age
25
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Other Weapons

Context · from the records

What was happening

23 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1965. In February 1965, 54 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 1E, Line 88

From Columbus

All 226 names from Columbus →

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.