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HARRISON BELL
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 7, 1947 – July 15, 1970
Service recordHarrison Bell, of Bon Wier, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Bon Wier, Texas (Newton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 19
- KEITH EDWARD UTTERCorporal · July 14, 1970
- BOBBY LEE BAILEYSergeant · July 15, 1970
- JOHN PATRICK BARTONEWarrant Officer 1 · July 15, 1970
- DENNIS EUGENE CLARKLance Corporal · July 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LENTON EUGENE MIZERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 8W, Line 20
- FRED GERALD VANDIVERSpecialist Five · Panel 8W, Line 21
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.