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JOE EDGAR BELL
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 13, 1931 – February 8, 1967
Service recordJoe Edgar Bell, of Washington Court House, Ohio, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 8
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- March 13, 1931
- Home of record
- Washington Court House, Ohio (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 8
- FLOYD JOSEPH BERRY JRLance Corporal · February 8, 1967
- KEITH ALLEN CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- JAMES AARON DICKENSSergeant · February 8, 1967
- GERALD THOMAS FETTKETHERSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
From Washington Court House
- ROBERT CHARLES WINGSpecialist Four · October 13, 1967
- TERRY LEE JENKINSSpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
- EARL LLOYD COOKSpecialist Four · July 9, 1969
- JAMES HAROLD WAULK JRCorporal · February 20, 1970
- JOHNNY RATLIFFChief Petty Officer · December 19, 1970
- JOHN RICHARD MICKLESpecialist Five · June 9, 1971
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.