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ELVIE BELL JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 21, 1945 – February 28, 1969
Service recordElvie Bell JR, of Mocksville, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- October 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Mocksville, North Carolina (Davie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 31W, Line 89
- CLIFTON LEE BROYERCorporal · February 28, 1969
- WILLIAM JACK BRUCEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY BURICH JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- RICHARD ALLEN BURNSCorporal · February 28, 1969
From Mocksville
- SAMUEL EDWIN WATERS JRMajor · December 13, 1966
- JAMES SPURGEON GOSSLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- WALTER ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 18, 1968
- CARL LEE DOBYPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES HARDING JRPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
- RODGER DALE HOWARDPrivate First Class · February 8, 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.