Rank: Private First Class
Unit: B Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Presidential Unit Citation, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 31-Dec-1947
Hometown: Stalwart, Michigan
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: Nov-1967
Start of tour: 29-May-1968
Incident date: 1-Jul-1968
Date of casualty: 1-Jul-1968
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
James Gerald Belinski died from wounds received while on combat operation when hit by fragments from hostile mine.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Saint Stanislaus Catholic Cemetery, Goetzville, Michigan, USA
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