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CHARLES MARTIN BELL
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
November 26, 1942 – January 3, 1968
Service recordCharles Martin Bell, of Wathena, Kansas, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 3, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 25
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Born
- November 26, 1942
- Home of record
- Wathena, Kansas (Doniphan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 25
- BOBBY JOE WINKLERCorporal · January 2, 1968
- FORTINO JAMES APOLINARPetty Officer Third Class · January 3, 1968
- HARRY ROBERT BARTHOLOMEWPrivate First Class · January 3, 1968
- JOHN M BRIMMSergeant · January 3, 1968
From Wathena
- JAMES TAYLOR GLADDEN JRPetty Officer Second Class · June 12, 1970
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.