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DAVID LYNN BELL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 4, 1948 – June 8, 1969
Service recordDavid Lynn Bell, of Kingston, Tennessee, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 8, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 109
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Kingston, Tennessee (Roane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 109
- DON LAVERNE BARTLEYLieutenant Colonel · June 8, 1969
- PAUL MADISON BOWLINLance Corporal · June 8, 1969
- DAVID ALAN BROWNSergeant · June 8, 1969
- KENNETH EARL ENFINGERStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1969
From Kingston
- JERRY ARNOLD MCFALLSPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
- DON MANUEL OSHELLSpecialist Four · March 26, 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.