Lowell Wayne Bellar

Korean War
Service #15198647
UnitM CO 31 INF 7 DIV
RankPrivate First Class U.S. Army
Date of DeathDecember 1 1950
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
4
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Private First Class Bellar was awarded the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes
Private First Class Bellar was a mortarman in Company M, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy at the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea on December 1, 1950. His remains were recovered on October 5, 2001 and identified on May 24, 2005. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.