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DOYLE LYNN BELL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 15, 1947 – December 18, 1967
Service recordDoyle Lynn Bell, of Hull, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 18, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 16
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Hull, Texas (Liberty County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 16
- MYRON FRANCIS SMITHFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1967
- MARION BERNARD WEARINGCorporal · December 17, 1967
- GUADALUPE NATAL ZUNIGACorporal · December 17, 1967
- JAMES D BLANDENSpecialist Five · December 18, 1967
From Hull
- JAMES DOUGLAS CAINPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
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.