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CHARLES ARTHUR BELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 26, 1945 – March 16, 1966
Service recordCharles Arthur Bell, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 13
- PEDRO VAZQUEZ-GONZALEZPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- GEORGE WAYNE ABEYPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- WILLIAM HOBSON HUBBARDSergeant First Class · March 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HENRY BEAUCHAMP JRCorporal · Panel 6E, Line 14
- MARION C BROWNSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 14
- ROBERT PAUL GIPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 14
- WILLIAM O GOSSETTPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 14
- KENNETH MAX KNUDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 15
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 15
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 16
- WILLIAM NATHANIEL THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 16
- CHARLIE C WALKERPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 17
- CHARLES A ZIONTSSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 17
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.