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LEON EARL BELL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 2, 1946 – July 2, 1967
Service recordLeon Earl Bell, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 2, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 94
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1967; 93 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 94
- JOHN MATHEW AINSWORTH JRPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWIN ALLISONPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- JOHN PERRY ANDERSONLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- DENNIS DALE ASCHENBRENNERFirst Lieutenant · July 2, 1967
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
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.