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LESLIE RAVEN BELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 26, 1949 – August 27, 1969
Service recordLeslie Raven Bell, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 26, 1949
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- 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; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 124
- CHARLES LEROY BALDWINCaptain · August 27, 1969
- LEROY LEMUEL BELLStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1969
- JAMES MITCHELL BOGACZCorporal · August 27, 1969
- DAVID EDWARD FREESTONEPrivate First Class · August 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EFRAIN VAZQUEZ-SANTIAGOPrivate · Panel 19W, Line 126
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.