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SSGT GEORGE JOHN BELANCIN

Length of service 12 years
His tour began on June 15, 1968
Casualty was on Sept. 3, 1968
In QUANG NAM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE

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George J. Belancin

SSGT. George J. Belancin served with the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, Mike Company. His name stands proudly on the Mike 3/5 Wall of Honor alongside the Marines he fought and died with. Semper fi, Brother Marine. We will never forget.

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Source: Philadelphia Daily News
Saturday, June 22, 2002

"He was a Marine, through and through," said Belancin's wife, a German schoolteacher, he met while stationed, in Munich. Belancin had enlisted, in the Marine Corps, when he was 17, years old, after attending, South Philadelphia, High School. He served in the Mediterranean, Japan, Germany, Hawaii and Cuba and in Vietnam, for 15, months, in 1965 and 1966. In June, 1968, the 31-year-old, staff sergeant returned, to Vietnam, where he as a platoon sergeant, in Company M, of the 3rd, Battalion, 5th, Marines, 1st, Marine Division. Belancin died, in Quang Nam, Province, on September 3, 1968. Survivors included, his wife and two daughters.Philadelphia.

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Also Killed In Action on 3 Sept. 1968

Cpl. Ricky Jerome Almanza (Silver Star)
M Co. 3/5
Born on Oct. 16, 1947
From MOLINE, ILLINOIS
Casualty was on Sept. 3, 1968
in QUANG NAM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
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LCpl. Larry Dale Coats
M Co. 3/5
Born on Aug. 1, 1948
From TWIN FALLS, IDAHO
Casualty was on Sept. 3, 1968
in QUANG NAM, SOUTH VIETNAM
Non-Hostile, died of illness/injury
GROUND CASUALTY
MALARIA
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Pfc. Paul Edward Hyland
M Co. 3/5
Born on Nov. 15, 1946
From DALLAS, TEXAS
Casualty was on Sept. 3, 1968
in QUANG NAM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
OTHER EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
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Pfc. Timothy Edward Shanower
M Co. 3/5
Born on June 11, 1948
From PERRYSBURG, OHIO
Casualty was on Sept. 3, 1968
in QUANG NAM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
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Pfc. Michael Donvian Wilson
M Co. 3/5
Born on Mar. 9, 1948
From LIMA, OHIO
Casualty was on Sept. 3, 1968
in QUANG NAM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
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HN Russell L. Wright III
Born on July 9, 1947
From RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
Casualty was on Sept. 3, 1968
in QUANG NAM, SOUTH VIETNAM
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