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ARTHUR FREDERICK BELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 25, 1946 – May 12, 1969
Service recordArthur Frederick Bell, of Greenville, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 61
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Greenville, Mississippi (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 25W, Line 61
- LARRY LEE BAXTERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- DAVID MICHAEL BECKSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- RICHARD JAY BENNETTCorporal · May 12, 1969
- ALLAN CAMERON BENSONSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
From Greenville
- LAWRENCE BEVERLY MCCLOUDPrivate First Class · February 27, 1966
- RANDOLPH DAVISSergeant · November 3, 1966
- ANTHONY THOMASSpecialist Four · February 9, 1967
- ROBERT FRANK QUINNSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
- THOMAS MURL JAGGERSCorporal · May 4, 1967
- CHARLES MILTONSpecialist Four · September 19, 1967
- LEROY WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1967
- THOMAS BARRY ALLENSpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
- JAMES NOEL CLEMONSStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1967
- JERRY W ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · January 21, 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.