Cpl Belcher #2182203
MOS: 2847 Communications-Special MOS.
Robert was born in Vallejo before the family moved to Winthrop.
Arriving in Vietnam 26 July 1967 Robert was assigned to Communication Section of H & S Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division.
Robert died as a result of multiple injuries to his head and body when he was a passenger aboard a helicopter that was involved in a mid-air collision with the gunship escort. The helicopters were on their way to Dong Ha, from a medical evacuation, due to Operation Pegasus and crashed into the ground 2 kilometers southeast of Cam Lo.
Funeral arrangements conducted by the Alfred S Marsh Funeral Home and funeral services held at the St John Episcopal Church.
The family requested that in lieu of flowers, that contributions be made in his name to the Dollar for Scholars, c/o Winthrop High School.
Survived by his parents, Harold W and Medelon L Belcher, his two sisters, Kathleen and Beverly Joy and his grandmother, Anne C Clatur all of 291 Winthrop St, Winthrop, MA.
Aboard the H-34 (BuNo 145804):
Capt Eugene R Gannon
2nd Lt John Parker Holden II
Cpl John Arleigh Nixon
Cpl Frederick Dunham Graten
HM Frank P Addice
Cpl Robert Winslow Belcher
Pfc Dennis R Davidson
Pfc Richard E Erwin
Pfc Charles R Finley
Capt Bruce F McMillan
1st Lt Ronald E Riede
Cpl Paul J Allen
LCpl Michael G DeMarco
MOS: 2847 Communications-Special MOS.
Robert was born in Vallejo before the family moved to Winthrop.
Arriving in Vietnam 26 July 1967 Robert was assigned to Communication Section of H & S Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division.
Robert died as a result of multiple injuries to his head and body when he was a passenger aboard a helicopter that was involved in a mid-air collision with the gunship escort. The helicopters were on their way to Dong Ha, from a medical evacuation, due to Operation Pegasus and crashed into the ground 2 kilometers southeast of Cam Lo.
Funeral arrangements conducted by the Alfred S Marsh Funeral Home and funeral services held at the St John Episcopal Church.
The family requested that in lieu of flowers, that contributions be made in his name to the Dollar for Scholars, c/o Winthrop High School.
Survived by his parents, Harold W and Medelon L Belcher, his two sisters, Kathleen and Beverly Joy and his grandmother, Anne C Clatur all of 291 Winthrop St, Winthrop, MA.
Aboard the H-34 (BuNo 145804):
Capt Eugene R Gannon
2nd Lt John Parker Holden II
Cpl John Arleigh Nixon
Cpl Frederick Dunham Graten
HM Frank P Addice
Cpl Robert Winslow Belcher
Pfc Dennis R Davidson
Pfc Richard E Erwin
Pfc Charles R Finley
Capt Bruce F McMillan
1st Lt Ronald E Riede
Cpl Paul J Allen
LCpl Michael G DeMarco
Cpl Belcher #2182203
MOS: 2847 Communications-Special MOS.
Robert was born in Vallejo before the family moved to Winthrop.
Arriving in Vietnam 26 July 1967 Robert was assigned to Communication Section of H & S Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division.
Robert died as a result of multiple injuries to his head and body when he was a passenger aboard a helicopter that was involved in a mid-air collision with the gunship escort. The helicopters were on their way to Dong Ha, from a medical evacuation, due to Operation Pegasus and crashed into the ground 2 kilometers southeast of Cam Lo.
Funeral arrangements conducted by the Alfred S Marsh Funeral Home and funeral services held at the St John Episcopal Church.
The family requested that in lieu of flowers, that contributions be made in his name to the Dollar for Scholars, c/o Winthrop High School.
Survived by his parents, Harold W and Medelon L Belcher, his two sisters, Kathleen and Beverly Joy and his grandmother, Anne C Clatur all of 291 Winthrop St, Winthrop, MA.
Aboard the H-34 (BuNo 145804):
Capt Eugene R Gannon
2nd Lt John Parker Holden II
Cpl John Arleigh Nixon
Cpl Frederick Dunham Graten
HM Frank P Addice
Cpl Robert Winslow Belcher
Pfc Dennis R Davidson
Pfc Richard E Erwin
Pfc Charles R Finley
Capt Bruce F McMillan
1st Lt Ronald E Riede
Cpl Paul J Allen
LCpl Michael G DeMarco
MOS: 2847 Communications-Special MOS.
Robert was born in Vallejo before the family moved to Winthrop.
Arriving in Vietnam 26 July 1967 Robert was assigned to Communication Section of H & S Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division.
Robert died as a result of multiple injuries to his head and body when he was a passenger aboard a helicopter that was involved in a mid-air collision with the gunship escort. The helicopters were on their way to Dong Ha, from a medical evacuation, due to Operation Pegasus and crashed into the ground 2 kilometers southeast of Cam Lo.
Funeral arrangements conducted by the Alfred S Marsh Funeral Home and funeral services held at the St John Episcopal Church.
The family requested that in lieu of flowers, that contributions be made in his name to the Dollar for Scholars, c/o Winthrop High School.
Survived by his parents, Harold W and Medelon L Belcher, his two sisters, Kathleen and Beverly Joy and his grandmother, Anne C Clatur all of 291 Winthrop St, Winthrop, MA.
Aboard the H-34 (BuNo 145804):
Capt Eugene R Gannon
2nd Lt John Parker Holden II
Cpl John Arleigh Nixon
Cpl Frederick Dunham Graten
HM Frank P Addice
Cpl Robert Winslow Belcher
Pfc Dennis R Davidson
Pfc Richard E Erwin
Pfc Charles R Finley
Capt Bruce F McMillan
1st Lt Ronald E Riede
Cpl Paul J Allen
LCpl Michael G DeMarco
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