HONORED ON PANEL 49E, LINE 19 OF THE WALL
ROBERT WINSLOW BELCHER
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ROBERT W BELCHER
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POSTED ON 9.5.2021
POSTED BY: AMC
April 68
Just saw your name on the Vietnam Moving Wall. Always heard you passed days before I was born. You lived two doors away. May you RIP. Thank you for protecting and serving. #AmericanHero
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POSTED ON 7.15.2021
POSTED BY: john fabris
honoring you....
Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. The remembrance from your friend Bob Wasserman is especially moving. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us...
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POSTED ON 6.16.2020
POSTED BY: Wm Ross
Cpl. Belcher We Honor Your Sacrifice
We understand the gravity of your sacrifice!
May America always understand and honor you and the countless others who sacrificed everything for her !
May America always understand and honor you and the countless others who sacrificed everything for her !
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POSTED ON 11.15.2017
POSTED BY: [email protected]
Final Mission of CPL Robert W. Belcher
On April 11, 1968, a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter UH-34D (tail number 145804) from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 163 (HMH-163) was involved in a mid-air collision with a U.S. Marine Corps UH-1E helicopter (tail number 154968) from Marine Observation Squadron 6 (VMO-6) with the loss of twelve personnel. The UH-34D, call sign Seaworthy 4-5, was launched on an emergency medevac mission with two VMO-6 Huey gunship escorts to pick up some wounded Marines in the hills around Khe Sanh. They were on their way to Delta Med at Dong Ha when they collided and crashed near the abandoned refugee camp at Cam Lo. The gunships were flying above and behind the UH-34, as usual. According to one of the gunners on the second gunship, the 34 and lead Huey just "kind of kissed" and both went down. The UH-34 was torn apart and the UH-1E was consumed by fire. The lost UH-34 crew included aircraft commander CPT Eugene R. Gannon, co-pilot 2LT John P. Holden II, crew chief CPL Frederick D. Graten, and gunner CPL John A. Nixon. The passengers were CPL Robert W. Belcher, PFC Dennis R. Davidson, PFC Richard E. Erwin, and PFC Charles R. Finley. The lost gunship crew was aircraft commander 1LT Ronald E. Riede, co-pilot CPT Bruce F. McMillan, crew chief CPL Paul J. Allen, and gunner LCPL Michael G. Demarco. [Taken from vhpa.org and popasmoke.com]
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