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Home State
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Year of Birth
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
A3C Michael S. Bell
to remember
Antonio, Catalino Beltran, Jr. (Cat Man), Sgt.
If you knew or served with this Airman and have additional information or photos to support this Page, please leave a message for the Page Administrator(s) HERE.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town
Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii |
Last Address
Da Nang AB
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Casualty Date
Aug 18, 1972 |
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Cause
Hostile, Died |
Reason
Artillery, Rocket, Mortar |
Location
Quang Nam (Vietnam) |
Conflict
Vietnam War |
Location of Interment
Maui Veterans Cemetery - Makawao, Hawaii |
Wall/Plot Coordinates
01W Line 067 |
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Last Known Activity
Sgt. Antonio was assigned to the 20th TASS, arming their aircraft as part his work with the 6498th Ordnance Maintenance Squadron (OMS), 6498th Air Base Wing. He was nicknamed, "Cat Man" by his buddies. He began his tour at Danang on 31 August 1971.
He was killed during a rocket attack on the Danang Air Base when a rocket pierced the entrance to the reinforced hangar in which he was sheltering.
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Comments/Citation
from the vvmf.org site:
"DaNang, 1971; its Hot, all day, all night, Cat, Darrel, Felix and me. Sitting on the roof watching gunships pour liquid metal from the night sky, a red waterfall. White streaks over Monkey Mountian, rockets on their way in. Waiting to see who will be the last to jump off the roof and hug the earth, playing chicken with death. The safest place? in the reinforced plane hanger, 2 feet of concrete all around and behind. a direct hit thru the entrance, a randem shot and the last cat is gone."
Posted by: Wally Hedman Email: Relationship: roommate and brothers Friday, May 23, 2003
Photo of Sgt. Antonio can be found on ancestry.com.
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