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HARDY LEE BELL
Chief Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
April 13, 1919 – November 26, 1966
Service recordHardy Lee Bell, of Paris, Texas, served as a Chief Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 26, 1966, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 118
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
- Chief Master Sergeant (CMSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 13, 1919
- Home of record
- Paris, Texas (Lamar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1966
- Age
- 47
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1966; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 118
- CLAUDE NATHANIEL WILLIAMSCaptain · November 25, 1966
- ARTHUR EMERSON WRIGHT IIIFirst Lieutenant · November 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY BARCKLOWAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- TROY BEALINAirman First Class · November 26, 1966
From Paris
- BOBBY JOE BRASWELLPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- CLARENCE LOVICE EVANSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- JOE EARL LADELLSpecialist Four · December 12, 1968
- ARNOLD REX BRAYSpecialist Four · April 27, 1969
- TITUS LEE EPPSPrivate First Class · November 12, 1970
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.