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LESTER BELL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 21, 1946 – March 10, 1967
Service recordLester Bell, of Miami, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 10, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 50
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 50
- ROSS JEROME WALKERSergeant · March 9, 1967
- JAMES MILTON ALBRIGHTLieutenant · March 10, 1967
- DAVID BARTOCKPrivate First Class · March 10, 1967
- DONALD GEORGE BROWNLieutenant Commander · March 10, 1967
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.