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LARRY DEAN BELL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 16, 1943 – November 10, 1965
Service recordLarry Dean Bell, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 10, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 40
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- September 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 40
- JOHN HENRY VANWYKPetty Officer Third Class · August 24, 1965
- CLIFTON WALTER HAYSSpecialist Five · November 10, 1965
- WILLIAM ESPOSITO JRCorporal · November 11, 1965
- JAMES DALE HAWESPrivate First Class · November 11, 1965
- WILLIS WILLIAM WEBERSergeant · November 11, 1965
From Rockford
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 1967
- CURTIS LEE DUCKETTPrivate First Class · June 23, 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.