Robert Authur Belcher

Vietnam War
Unit389th Tactical Fighter Squadron
RankMajor U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromBaton Rouge Louisiana
Date of DeathMarch 28 1969
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Major Belcher was a member of the 389th Tactical Fighter Squadron. On March 28, 1969, he was the pilot of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4D) on a mission near Bo Ho Su, Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam about 5 mile from the Demilitarized Zone, when the aircraft was shot down. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.