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GERALD DEAN BELL
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 14, 1943 – May 30, 1969
Service recordGerald Dean Bell, of San Diego, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 30, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 19
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 14, 1943
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 19
- JAMES BERNARD WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · May 29, 1969
- CRAIG EDWARD YATESCorporal · May 29, 1969
- JAMES FRANCIS BECKERCorporal · May 30, 1969
- STEVEN EUGENE BROWNPrivate First Class · May 30, 1969
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.