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HOMER B BELL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 16, 1947 – May 15, 1968
Service recordHomer B Bell JR, of Tullahoma, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 18
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Tullahoma, Tennessee (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1968; ten of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 18
- STEVEN EPEFANIO AMESCUAPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- DENNIS KEITH ANDERSONCaptain · May 15, 1968
- LESLIE GEORGE APUTENPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- STANLEY WILLIAM BEHMPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY WILLIAM BEHMPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 18
- THOMAS WAYNE BISHOPPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 21
- BENJAMIN NILES GOLDBERGSpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 23
- THAD BAZILY JESSIMANPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 23
- EDMOND JOHN LANDERSCaptain · Panel 60E, Line 24
- DENNIS IRWIN PEDERSENSpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 1
- JOHN JOSEPH SLIFKASpecialist Five · Panel 61E, Line 2
- DONALD FRANCIS VOGELSpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 4
- ROBERT WILKS WESTSpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 4
- MELVIN ALVIN WILDMANPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 5
From Tullahoma
- RANDY NEAL WARDSpecialist Four · January 27, 1968
- TIMOTHY LANE WORTHFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- KENNETH LEE KIRKESSecond Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- FREDDIE RAY KELLEYPetty Officer Second Class · September 16, 1968
- WALTER DANIEL SMITHSpecialist Five · March 30, 1969
- GERALD DOUGLAS ANTHONYPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- TERRILL EDWARD BRADFORDSpecialist Five · April 29, 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.