Belton, Jerond (no typo) L. Sr.

ACTUAL RECORDS

A must read: http://altlaw.org/v1/cases/189665

QUESTION EVERYTHING !!!

Claims to have been a tunnel rat in Vietnam but also wears LRRP and Ranger Shoulder Patches. He also wears the Jungle School Patch from the school down in Panama? Known for designing the local Vietnam Veterans Living Memorial as well http://www.vva.org/TheVeteran/2001_07/northcarolina.htm.

VVA Chapter Affiliation: 0530

".... The first glimpse I saw of his uniform shows a Ranger qualification tab over the 1st Cav. COMBAT patch on his RIGHT shoulder? Not lately! The Ranger tab is worn exclusively over...... Love the generic MACV-SOG patch above his right breast pocket too. Can't tell what that patch on his right breast pocket is, but it ISN'T a Jungle Operations (JOTC) qualification patch. What appears to be one of those generic flea market LRRP tabs is on his left breast pocket flap.

Can't make out what the flash (or whatever) on his black beret is. Another combat field wireman!"

"...he's wearing Master Jump Wings. Highly unusual, as he would need to have served with an airborne unit to have had enough jumps to wear the Master Wings...

...Ranger Tab, then he's incorrect as the Tab is never worn on the right shoulder since it's a qualification badge, not a combat patch.... So if he indeed claims he is a "Tabbed" Ranger, the only way anyone gets that one is to graduate from the Army Ranger School at Ft Benning. There is no other way. Thus, he would have a class nbr and date. ... wearing the LRRP patch on his left pocket. Again, this is not an authorized patch."

10/30/04: Seen at local Community center (located next to the local Vietnam Memorial) dressed up in his Tunnel Rat/Ranger/LRRP/Senior Parachutist/MACVSOG/SFC/E-7 costume driving "the biggest-newest-shinest black friggin Mercedes I have ever seen" complete with a 100% disabled veteran plate on it!

His latest endeavor: http://www.starfoundationkids.org/board%20of%20directors.htm

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Jerond Belton Collection

Biographical Information

Name:: Jerond L. Belton, Sr.
Date of Birth:: June 14, 1946
Place of Birth:: Durham, NC

Gender:: Male
Race:: Unspecified
Home State:: NC
War or Conflict:: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Status:: Veteran
Dates of Service:: 1965-1971
Entrance into Service:: Enlisted
Branch of Service:: Army
Unit of Service:: 25th Infantry Division; 1st Cavalry Division; Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV); 1st Field Forces Vietnam
Location of Service:: Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Cu Chi, Vietnam
Awards:: Veteran received medals/citations.
Prisoner of War:: No
Service Related Injury:: Yes
Service History Note:: Veteran served as a Tunnel Rat and on a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) in Vietnam from 1966 to 1967.

Collection Information

Type of Resource:: Video: Betacam SP Visual Recording [1 item]
Interviewer:: William R. Bagley
Donor:: William R. Bagley
Collection #:: AFC/2001/001/39543
Subjects:: Belton, Jerond
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
United States. Army.
Cite as:: Jerond Belton Collection (AFC/2001/001/39543), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress