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DAVID LEROY BELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 4, 1949 – February 14, 1969
Service recordDavid Leroy Bell, of Waialua, Hawaii, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1969, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 31
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Materiel Control And Accounting Specialist (76P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- February 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Waialua, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 31
- CHARLES NICK BONDILance Corporal · February 14, 1969
- STANLEY SCOTT CLARKColonel · February 14, 1969
- GARY LYNN DUBACHSpecialist Four · February 14, 1969
- JEFFREY HOWARD FOULKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES SPENCER JONESWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 32W, Line 32
- ROGER DALE LEWISPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 35
From Waialua
- GARY NOBUO MIYAKEStaff Sergeant · July 1, 1966
- RONALD KAZUO MIYAZAKIAirman First Class · January 31, 1967
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.