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JAMES B BELL JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 1, 1943 – May 1, 1967
Service recordJames B Bell JR, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 1, 1943
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1967; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 3
- JOHN HOWARD BAILEYSergeant · May 1, 1967
- LEYBURN W BROCKWELL JRLieutenant Colonel · May 1, 1967
- EDWARD WALLACE BROWN JRSergeant First Class · May 1, 1967
- DONALD LEROY BUTEHospitalman · May 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE J MYRICKPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 7
- KENNETH ARTHUR VARNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 8
- ALFONZA WATSONSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 9
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.