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JAMES LYLE BELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 7, 1946 – April 25, 1967
Service recordJames Lyle Bell, of Coopersville, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 83
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Coopersville, Kentucky (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 83
- ROBERT MICHAEL WAINZLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- LARRY GENE BONNELLFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1967
- JERRY CAPEPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- DALE EUGENE CARMICHAELPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY GENE BONNELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18E, Line 83
- ROBERT JAMES STERLINGSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 88
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.