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LEWIS DOUGLAS BELL
Major · U.S. Army
May 1, 1932 – March 5, 1966
Service recordLewis Douglas Bell, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 1, 1932
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 113
- ANIBAL FELIPE AVILES JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- KENNETH EDWARD BEAUREGARDPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- MICHAEL LINN BIANCHINILance Corporal · March 5, 1966
- JAMES JEROME BRADLEYLance Corporal · March 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RAY MAX BARNWELLSpecialist Five · Panel 5E, Line 112
- ROBERT MALUENDA CALIBOSOCaptain · Panel 5E, Line 114
- GARY WILLIAM EMMETTSergeant First Class · Panel 5E, Line 116
- RICHARD NORMAN GEREAUCaptain · Panel 5E, Line 117
- ROY F HARBISONSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 117
- ROBERT JOHN HIBBSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 118
- HENRY DEAN LANKFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 120
- DENNIS M LYDENPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 120
- DANNY A NETHSpecialist Five · Panel 5E, Line 121
- RICHARD E NUTTPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 122
- DENNIS ROYAL ORTWINEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 122
- JAMES HENRY PAGESpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 122
- MACK DONALD STAINBACK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 125
- CLIFTON WINNINGHAMPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 126
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM PATRICK EGANLieutenant Commander · April 29, 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.