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LOUIS BELL TWINN SR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 8, 1929 – December 31, 1965
Service recordLouis Bell Twinn SR, of Victoria, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 47
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 8, 1929
- Home of record
- Victoria, Texas (Victoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1965
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 47
- ROBERT MICHAEL SWEENEYMajor · December 31, 1965
- EMIL JEROME TADEVICHCorporal · December 31, 1965
- ALVIN RICHARD WOODS JRWarrant Officer 1 · December 31, 1965
- CHARLES RICHARD ALLENLance Corporal · January 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RAYMOND DUFFY JRSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 46
- JACK DALE MCCLURECaptain · Panel 4E, Line 46
From Victoria
- FRANCISCO LUNAStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1966
- ROBERT D BUTLERPrivate First Class · September 15, 1966
- LOUIS WAYNE TERRELLPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- RICHARD PETER RUIZSergeant · October 2, 1967
- EDWARD EARL HARSON JRFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 1967
- JOHNNY VILLARREALSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
- JAMES LEE SCHERERPrivate First Class · January 3, 1968
- BILLY CARROLL BOLTONCorporal · January 30, 1968
- CLARENCE F MAAS IIISergeant · February 18, 1968
- JULIAN SOLIZCorporal · May 3, 1968
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.