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Home State
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Year of Birth
1935 |
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Sgt D.L. Kimbrow (Skip)
to remember
Belcher, Robert Arthur, Maj.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town
Baton Rouge |
Last Address
Danang Air Base
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Casualty Date
Mar 28, 1969 |
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Cause
Hostile, Died while Missing |
Reason
Air Loss, Crash - Land |
Location
Quang Tri (Vietnam) |
Conflict
Vietnam War |
Location of Interment
Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, Virginia |
Wall/Plot Coordinates
28W 065 |
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Last Known Activity
Source: http://www.taskforceomegainc.org/b370.html (edited)
On 28 March 1969, Major Robert A. Belcher, pilot, and 1st Lt. Michael A. Miller, co-pilot, aboard their F-4D (serial #66-8764) departed DaNang Airbase at 1615 hours in a flight of two. The Phantoms were conducting a strike mission against an NVA mortar site and associated bunkers located in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) buffer zone approximately 5 miles south of the city of Bo Ho Su, Gio Linh District, Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam.
Guided by FAC pilots, Major Belcher and 1st Lt. Miller initiated a low-level ordnance delivery pass on their target, the Phantom was struck by intense small arms and automatic weapons fire. The aircraft was observed to pass directly below the FAC in a 25 to 30 degree dive before it crashed and exploded on impact on a heavily forested ridge in rugged mountains roughly 300 feet south of the Khe Pava River and 2 miles southwest of Lang Cam village. The village was located on the northern edge of a small grass covered valley just east of the ridge. The crash site was also located 14 miles east of the South Vietnamese/Lao border, 15 miles west-northwest of Cam Lo, 16 miles north of Khe Sanh and 21 miles west of Dong Ha.
They were listed as MIA.
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