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ALBERT LEE BELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 15, 1946 – December 7, 1969
Service recordAlbert Lee Bell, of Cameron, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 34
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Cameron, Texas (Milam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1969; four of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 34
- RICHARD MARTIN THOMPSONCorporal · December 6, 1969
- DANIEL ROGER ZUTTERCorporal · December 6, 1969
- PEPITO RIVERA ACERETSpecialist Five · December 7, 1969
- ROY JOHN BUTTSPrivate First Class · December 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EVERETT JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 36
- LEE DONNIE KENNEDYPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 36
- JERRY DON PATTONPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 37
From Cameron
- BILLY JOE HOLTLance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- TILDEN STEWART HOLLEYLieutenant Colonel · January 20, 1968
- JAMES T GRIFFIN JRPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.