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VERNON EUGENE BELCHER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 31, 1948 – July 31, 1968
Service recordVernon Eugene Belcher, of Harrisburg, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 27 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- July 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Harrisburg, Illinois (Saline County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 38
- LLOYD WILLIAM EVANS JRSpecialist Four · July 31, 1968
- GEORGE ALBERT GARRISONPlatoon Sergeant · July 31, 1968
- CHARLES HAMNERSpecialist Four · July 31, 1968
- MICHEAL EDWARD RICHARDSLance Corporal · July 31, 1968
From Harrisburg
- DAVID LEE HALLFireman · November 1, 1966
- GLENDELL EUGENE YATESTechnical Sergeant · November 20, 1966
- TOMMY LEE BARNESSpecialist Five · March 23, 1969
- JOHN CLINE TOWLECaptain · April 22, 1970
- RUSSELL LOWELL WILLIAMSSergeant · June 22, 1970
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.