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JERRY W BELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 4, 1941 – May 18, 1966
Service recordJerry W Bell, of Pekin, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 4, 1941
- Home of record
- Pekin, Illinois (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 79
- HOSEA DENNIS ADAMSpecialist Four · May 18, 1966
- DONALD ALLAWAYPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- AQUILA BAKERPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- CHARLES W BAUMANStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CLARENCE E HAGEYSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 81
- JAMES KENNEDY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 82
- ONSBY RAY ROSESpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 83
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 83
- FRANK TIMOTHY SHELTONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 84
- JIMMY GOETHEL STEWARTStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 84
- ASTER WATTSSergeant First Class · Panel 7E, Line 84
From Pekin
- ALDO ROSSI JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1966
- JOHN W CLAYTONCaptain · November 20, 1966
- EVERETT LEROY TABORSpecialist Five · January 3, 1967
- LARRY GENE ASBRIDGECorporal · August 12, 1967
- RAMON ARTHUR MEEKERLance Corporal · February 9, 1968
- JOHN SPURLOCKSpecialist Four · February 23, 1968
- BILLY EUGENE MYERSSergeant · May 7, 1968
- ALONZO LENORD DIXONPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- CALVIN FRANKLIN BUTTERFIELDPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- TERRY LEE BLOOMERCorporal · September 3, 1968
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.