PHOTO - BELINSKI, JAMES GERALD

Belinski, James Gerald

PHOTO - BELINSKI, JAMES GERALD
BELINSKI, JAMES GERALD

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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Vietnam Veterans Memorial panel and row: 54W 026 (view Vietnam Veterans Memorial link in a new window)