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WILLARD GORDON BELLOMY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 14, 1947 – August 18, 1968
Service recordWillard Gordon Bellomy, of Woodville, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 38
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Woodville, Alabama (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 38
- JOHN CHARLES BIENEMANPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- GEORGE ALLEN BRANCHLance Corporal · August 18, 1968
- STEPHEN CORNELL BRUNTONPetty Officer Third Class · August 18, 1968
- DANIEL CARDENAS JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GERALD ROY BALLARDCorporal · Panel 48W, Line 37
From Woodville
- CLYDE GLENN GENTLEPrivate First Class · August 11, 1967
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.