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DAVID THOMAS BELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 28, 1948 – June 20, 1968
Service recordDavid Thomas Bell, of Willoughby, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 6
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Willoughby, Ohio (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 55W, Line 6
- THOMAS EDWARD HARRISONCorporal · June 20, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID HEADRICKPrivate First Class · June 20, 1968
- HOWARD P HOWLAND JRSecond Lieutenant · June 20, 1968
- GERALD LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 20, 1968
From Willoughby
- JACK WILLIAM LOGAN JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
- DONACIANO GUTIERREZ LOPEZStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1967
- HOWARD ALLEN MUCHASpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- TERRY WILLIAM JUDKINSPrivate First Class · July 6, 1967
- GERALD ALLEN LUPASPrivate First Class · July 19, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES DEIKEPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- THOMAS LEONARD SEIFERTSergeant · May 15, 1968
- KENNETH BRUCE BIXELSergeant · December 15, 1968
- RUSSELL PATRICK FORRISTALLance Corporal · August 13, 1969
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.