Private First Class A CO, 2ND BN, 22ND INFANTRY, 25TH INF DIV, USARV Army of the United States Etowah, Tennessee August 11, 1948 to January 14, 1969 CLUSTER L BEARFIELD is on the Wall at Panel 35W Line 087 See the full profile for Cluster Bearfield |
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Cluster Lee Bearfield
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Private First Class
PERSONAL DATA Home of Record: Etowah, TN Date of birth: 08/11/1948 MILITARY DATA Service: Army of the United States Grade at loss: E3 Rank: Private First Class ID No: 53758238 MOS: 11B10: Infantryman Length Service: 00 Unit: A CO, 2ND BN, 22ND INFANTRY, 25TH INF DIV, USARV CASUALTY DATA Start Tour: 10/26/1968 Incident Date: 01/14/1969 Casualty Date: 01/14/1969 Age at Loss: 20 Location: Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam Remains: Body recovered Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright Casualty Reason: Ground casualty Casualty Detail: Gun or small arms fire URL: www.VirtualWall.org/db/BearfieldCL01a.htm ON THE WALL Panel 35W Line 087
I was in Korea when my dad wrote me about Cluster. I did visit the Vietnam wall in DC and see his name there. That was in the 80's. Bob Taylor
Here's your joke:::
ReplyDeleteMilitary pilot who had sex with an 11 year old boy when he was 17!!!
A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL WHO HAD SEX WITH AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT!!! He needs to be on a sexual preditor list.
How long did he masterbate and think about having sex with boys? In boot camp? Into his flight training? 20, 25 YEARS OLD??? OLDER???
"Creepy rotten grape attached to an otherwise normal bunch." Joke's on you.
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DeleteThe Day Cluster died as told by a member of his Army Company.
ReplyDeleteI'll try to put the events of 1-14-69 in words as best as I can remember after 44 yrs.......first of all, I cannot tell you exactly what happened to Cluster. As I was a 50-gunner that day, & did not see the incident. The morning of the 14th, our Bravo co. had convoy security for the day & had received sniper fire & possibly found some land-mines near the road leading to Tay Ninh..... Charlie Co. was called in to investigate the sniper fire where we engaged the enemy in what is known as the 'Ben Chui Rubber Plantation" where I think Cluster was KIA. It was a mess as we had to cross several irrigation ditches in which the APC's had to do just right or they would slide back into the ditch & be stuck in which several did. Can you imagine being under fire & trying to extract a stuck vehicle??!! After a while, I remember we broke contact as we were pursuing the enemy & was redirected to where the enemy had ambushed the main convoy going to Dau Tieng. After breaking contact, I do remember that we called in the dust-offs but I have no idea exactly what or who was dusted off at that time. Then we proceded on to Rt 239, which is the Dau Tieng rd. & drove thru the middle of the ambush site, so as to get to where the enemy was tearing up jack with mortor fire from the jungle nearby. As we started into the jungle, some guys that were leading the co. came under fire & were pinned down. A Lt. John Earl Warren ran into the jungle to try to help his men. As the story goes, as he neared the bunker that had the men pinned down, a grenade was thrown out & the Lt. dived on this grenade with his body to save his men, resulting in his own death. He was later awarded the Medal of Honor for this action. Then a soldier crawled into where the Lt. was & pulled his body to safety. But it was too late. This soldier was awarded the Silver Star for braving the enemy bunker to try to save the LT. {footnote:} this soldier was later wounded himself & sent home, not on this day.------We pursued the enemy thru this jungle, which is known as the trapaozoid until about 4 in the afternoon.....then we returned to the ambush site, where we set up a defensive perminiter for the nite. About 500 meters from the main ambush site where there were still trucks, brush, etc., still burning. Shortly after dusk, we observed the enemy in the firelight & proceeded to shoot mortars at them. About this time 1 mortar was double-fed, resulting in 4 more deaths of our own men. Later on I was told that one more man was actually killed in the convoy as he was driving a new APC & it was not armed. In all total, that day & early evening Charlie Co lost 8 men. A terrible day. As I was watching the guys shoot the mortars when it exploded, 1 hell of a site that I'll never forget. I do wish I had more info & if I ever get it, I'll try my best to get it to you.
Harless Belcher
I am Cluster's nephew.
ReplyDeleteCluster was a good friend of mine at the TNT Plant in Chattanooga. I was devastated when he was killed. He was such a good person. The world lost a great person when he was KIA. Will never be forgotten.
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