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GILBERT STEVENS BELL JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 16, 1947 – December 13, 1968
Service recordGilbert Stevens Bell JR, of Augusta, Maine, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 17
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Augusta, Maine (Kennebec County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1968; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 17
- WILLIE JAMES MCCLENDONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1968
- FRANCIS J MCGOULDRICK JRColonel · December 13, 1968
- EDDIE JOE NEELEYSpecialist Five · December 13, 1968
- THOMAS FRANKLIN SMITHSpecialist Four · December 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER ORAN BOLSTERSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 13
- LEON ROY FIELDSergeant First Class · Panel 36W, Line 15
- WILLIE JAMES MCCLENDONSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 17
- DAVID WAYNE PIERCEPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 18
- RAYMOND JOHN WESTCorporal · Panel 36W, Line 20
From Augusta
- RICHARD W ARNOLDSpecialist Six · March 13, 1966
- EDWIN MATTI KAHKONEN JRLance Corporal · October 29, 1967
- GREGORY CORNELIUS QUINNPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- RAYMOND JOSEPH BECHARDStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1969
- RONALD IRVING KIRKPATRICKSpecialist Four · July 16, 1969
- NORMAN JOSEPH CHAVARIECorporal · July 21, 1969
- GILBERT CRAIG TURNER JRStaff Sergeant · September 6, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER J CHILDS IIISpecialist Five · May 9, 1970
- RICHARD JAMES GOGGINSergeant · April 26, 1971
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.