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JAMES EVERRETT BELL
Fireman · U.S. Navy
January 24, 1948 – June 3, 1968
Service recordJames Everrett Bell, of Watsonville, California, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 3, 1968, in North Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 20
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fireman (FN)
- Born
- January 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Watsonville, California (Santa Cruz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1968. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 61W, Line 20
- MICHAEL JAMES BECKLance Corporal · June 3, 1968
- THOMAS NELSON BLADESStaff Sergeant · June 3, 1968
- STEVEN CLARENCE BUSHCorporal · June 3, 1968
- TERRY LOUIS FYOCKSpecialist Four · June 3, 1968
From Watsonville
- FRANK JAMES ROSE JRSpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- MELESSO GARCIAPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- LOUIS CHARLES MILLERSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
- GARY RALPH CARPENTERPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID CHOIPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- WARREN F NICKEL JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- LEONARD RAY WHITECorporal · June 13, 1968
- HILDEFONSO M RAMIREZCorporal · January 31, 1969
- RAYMOND RODRIGUEZ DELGADOLance Corporal · March 1, 1969
- JOHN DEOGRACIAS INGUILLOStaff Sergeant · June 6, 1969
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.