ANASTACIO HERNAND BELTRAN

Company A 1/22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 02/16/1967

Army - SP4 - E4

Age: 20
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Apr 27, 1946
From: ELGIN, TX
Religion: ROMAN CATHOLIC
Marital Status: Single

SP4 - E4 - Army - Selective Service
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 11B20: Infantryman
Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Jul 21, 1966
Casualty was on Feb 16, 1967
In KONTUM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
Body was recovered

Panel 15E - Line 47

Anastacio Beltran was killed in a battle with NVA forces during Operation Sam Houston, at grid reference YA598614,
approximately 27 kilometers west/northwest of Plei Djereng airfield.

Anastacio Beltran's decorations

Don Gertenrich, Company A 1/22 Infantry, was in the fight of February 16, 1967.
Don writes:

Beltran was one ballsy guy on the 16th.
Run dodge, jump and shoot from the hip.
Ran out of ammo yelling for more.
Didn't see him then, till the next day.
He went down hard.

and...

I saw Beltran on the 16th.
He was a tiger.
He was like any brave men in any war movie you've seen.
Gritty to the core and running around like he was invulnerable.
He exhausted his ammo yelling for more.
I saw Beltran the next day.
He was finished.
He was just one of the heroes that died that fateful day.
I will remember him always.
Gert

Photos of Anastacio Beltran by James P. "Batman" Blumer Co A 1/22 Infantry 1966-67

Burial:
Elgin Latin Cemetery
Elgin
Bastrop County
Texas, USA

Grave marker for Anastacio Beltran

Photo by GCA from the Find A Grave website

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