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CHRISTOPHER JAMES BELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 22, 1947 – May 27, 1969
Service recordChristopher James Bell, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 8 BN 4 ARTY 108 ARTY GRP
- Born
- December 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 114
- ROBERT CLAY VANVLEETPrivate First Class · May 26, 1969
- WILLIAM LEE ANDERSONSergeant · May 27, 1969
- ROBERT TRAME BENSBERGCaptain · May 27, 1969
- SCOTT EDWARD COCHRANCorporal · May 27, 1969
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.