- Date Of Birth: June 1, 1939
- Date Of Death: December 11, 2017
- State: Maryland
ANTHONY LEON BELLOTTE, Sr. “Tony,” 78, died on December 11, 2017 in his home. He was born on June 1, 1939, in Clarksburg, West Virginia. He graduated from Washington Irving High School in 1957 and soon after joined the United States Navy. He then went to Bainbridge, Maryland where he attended Communications Technician School. While in the Navy he was stationed in Great Lakes, IL, Treasure Island, California, Guam Island, Washington, DC, where he went to the Naval Intelligence Spanish Language Training School in Anacostia, and then to San Juan Puerto Rico.
Tony served at sea, on the Blockade during the Cuban Crisis; Volunteered to take on military
duties overseas as a civilian to release Military to go to Vietnam; and worked extensively in South America on Counter Drug activities for various Contractor companies. He is an awardee of the US Navy Honorable Discharge, Good Conduct Medal and the Civilian Meritorious Service Medal. With all the hard work mentioned above, completed by the thousands of people who worked with him over these many years and to whom he owes a great amount of gratitude.
He was honorable discharged from the Navy after serving five years and returned to
Clarksburg, WV. About nine months later he was offered a Job at the National Security Agency in Fort Meade, Maryland as a Linguist/Traffic Analyst. He was also enrolled in a Cryptology Course and then completed a Portuguese Language course.
