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LEROY LEMUEL BELL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 20, 1918 – August 27, 1969
Service recordLeroy Lemuel Bell, of Monticello, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1969, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 51. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 124
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Lance Crewmember/Mlrs Sergeant (15D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 20, 1918
- Home of record
- Monticello, Florida (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1969
- Age
- 51
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 124
- CHARLES LEROY BALDWINCaptain · August 27, 1969
- LESLIE RAVEN BELLPrivate First Class · August 27, 1969
- JAMES MITCHELL BOGACZCorporal · August 27, 1969
- DAVID EDWARD FREESTONEPrivate First Class · August 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BRIAN ANDREW HUBISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 126
From Monticello
- ROBERT LEE HAIRPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- RICHARD RUSS JRSergeant · September 2, 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.