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JAMES EDWARD BELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 3, 1947 – April 22, 1968
Service recordJames Edward Bell, of Marquette, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Carpentry And Masonry Specialist (51B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 497 ENG CO 87 ENG BN 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- July 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Marquette, Michigan (Marquette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 27
- TIMOTHY RONALD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES WORLEY JRLance Corporal · April 21, 1968
- DAVID PAUL ZIMMERMANLance Corporal · April 21, 1968
- CLARK EUGENE BARLOWStaff Sergeant · April 22, 1968
From Marquette
- BENJAMIN CARLTON LARABEESergeant · December 18, 1968
- GARY ROBERT HALEYLance Corporal · February 5, 1969
- CARL FRANCIS ARBOGAST JRSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- TERRY ALFRED CARTERLance Corporal · January 28, 1970
- ROBERT ALLEN DERRICKSergeant · November 3, 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.