Roland Belcher

Captain
D CO, 3RD BN, 21ST INF RGT, 196 INF BDE
Army of the United States
08 June 1941 - 09 January 1968
Columbus, Ohio
Panel 34E Line 004

196 INF BDE

21ST INF RGT
Combat Infantry

Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

Airborne!

The database page for Roland Belcher

08 Sep 2002

When you go home, tell them of us and say,
"We gave our tomorrow, for your today."
The Kohima Epitaph



Roland Belcher,
Captain, United States Army,
was buried on 26 January 1968 in Plot 387,
Philadelphia National Cemetery,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
among other men of honor and integrity.


From a high school classmate,
Dave Meade
djbmmeade@cyberriver.net
11 Mar 2003

Captain Belcher saved my life. He took me out of an infantry company, Company A, 3d Battalion, 21st Infantry and assigned me to S-1. I would like to tell his wife and his children that I would not have survived Viet Nam had it not been for him.

If you read this and are related or knew Cpt Belcher please contact me at
aambrosino@yahoo.com

28 Mar 2005

Roland A. Belcher was an ROTC classmate of mine at West Virginia State College, Institute, WV, 1959-'62. We were also on the College Swimming Team and won the WVIAC Championship in '60 and '62. He was an outstanding ROTC cadet and a well-liked student on campus. Even now at Homecoming someone always brings up his name. He is listed on a Memorial Plaque on the campus for ROTC graduates killed in action. He is sorely missed.

From a friend and college classmate,
James W. Hawkins, Jr.
MAJ, MSC, USAR (Ret)
Columbia, Md
nupelm43@comcast.net

A Note from The Virtual Wall

Sixty-nine American soldiers from the 196th Infantry Brigade died in heavy fighting in the Hiep Duc Valley, Quang Tin Province, during the first two weeks of 1968. Captain Belcher and five of his men from Delta 3/21 Infantry were killed in action on 09 January:
  • CPT Roland Belcher, Columbus, OH
  • PSGT Thomas A. Booker, Bessemer, AL
  • SSG Jacky L. Garrett, Liberty, SC
  • SGT Lee M. Capers, New York, NY
  • SGT George S. Sehi, Lynwood, CA
  • CPL Douglas S. McIlroy, Dearborn, MI


The point-of-contact for this memorial is
a high school classmate,
Dave Meade
djbmmeade@cyberriver.net
08 Sep 2002



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Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
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