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DEXTER BELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 31, 1948 – September 22, 1968
Service recordDexter Bell, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 60
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Kalamazoo, Michigan (Kalamazoo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 60
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BARNETTPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- SARGENT J BROSHEARCaptain · September 22, 1968
- HAROLD RAYMOND BRUBAKERLance Corporal · September 22, 1968
- ROBERT HENRY BUEHLERPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN CARL GASSENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 62
- WILLIE RAY LAYPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 64
- JOSEPH MARK MAZZONESpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 64
- NATHAN RAY SALESPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 66
From Kalamazoo
- KONSTANTINS ADOLFS LUBAVSCaptain · February 7, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE HOBBSSpecialist Four · February 12, 1966
- STANLEY CLAUS CAMPBELLPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1966
- JAMES EDWARDS GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- WOODROW JOHN MUELLERSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- WILLIAM HARRY CROSSMANPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS STEVENS JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- GERRIT JOHN SCHOUWBURGSpecialist Five · June 24, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK CASSIDYSpecialist Four · July 13, 1967
- DAVID HARM ESMANSpecialist Four · August 28, 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.