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WESLEY EARL BELLAMY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 20, 1944 – July 17, 1967
Service recordWesley Earl Bellamy, of Catlettsburg, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 17, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 81
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Catlettsburg, Kentucky (Boyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1967; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 81
- WAYNE FRANCIS REEDPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- CHARLES H RICHARDS JRPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- REYNALDO SANDOVAL TORRESPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- JESSE LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · July 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LEE HOGGESergeant · Panel 23E, Line 82
- BILLIE MIMBSPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 82
- DAVID ARLIE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 83
From Catlettsburg
- WARREN MITCHELL DIXONStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1968
- ORVILLE HAMPTONSergeant First Class · May 24, 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.