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ELIAS BELL JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 21, 1946 – July 13, 1965
Service recordElias Bell JR, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 13, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 36
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 36
- FRANK STANLEY REASONERFirst Lieutenant · July 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEE REMMERSCorporal · July 12, 1965
- ELGIN LEROY STIRLINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1965
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
- ERNEST LEE MILLERSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
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.