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LEONARD JONATHEN BELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 19, 1947 – May 11, 1968
Service recordLeonard Jonathen Bell, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 19
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; seven of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 19
- ROBERT VERNON BENNETTSergeant · May 11, 1968
- THOMAS HOWARD BERGRENSergeant · May 11, 1968
- PEARL BUSHStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1968
- JAMES GILBERT COLLINSSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL KENT CULBERTSONSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 18
- PATRICK VINCEN FITZGERALDPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 18
- WILLIE FRANK GARNERSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 21
- TOMMY WAYNE JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 23
- GEORGE GERALD KOKOSHPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 23
- JOHN MITCHELL MICHALSKISpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 24
- JOHN EDWARD SCHERTZPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 26
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 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.