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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of David Tomie Bell.

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DAVID TOMIE BELL

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

September 16, 1946 – February 26, 1967

Service record

David Tomie Bell, of Phenix City, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 15E · Line 93

Position of Panel 15E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Combat Engineer (12B)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
September 16, 1946
Home of record
Phenix City, Alabama (Russell County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 26, 1967
Age
20
Province
Binh Duong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

49 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1967; 24 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 15E, Line 93

Same unit, same day

From Phenix City

All 18 names from Phenix City →

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.