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JIM GLENN BELL JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 22, 1944 – October 30, 1968
Service recordJim Glenn Bell JR, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 59
- JOHN MARK AVERYGunnery Sergeant · October 30, 1968
- KEVIN EUGENE MOLINECorporal · October 30, 1968
- KENNETH RAY PAYNEPrivate First Class · October 30, 1968
- RUSSELL JOSEPH ROTKO JRPrivate · October 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DALE HARLAN AMUNDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 56
- LARRY BLAINE DURSTCorporal · Panel 40W, Line 57
- JAMES VAN HOWARDCorporal · Panel 40W, Line 58
- KEVIN EUGENE MOLINECorporal · Panel 40W, Line 59
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 1967
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.