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MARK WAYNE BELL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 22, 1949 – June 9, 1969
Service recordMark Wayne Bell, of Redondo Beach, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 9, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 117
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ground Radio Repairer (2841)
- Born
- November 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Redondo Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 117
- CHRISTOPHER JOHN BEANSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- WILLIAM MARVIN BELLILESergeant · June 9, 1969
- RICHARD ALLEN BURINGRUDPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- WILLIAM DEAN BUSHARDSergeant · June 9, 1969
From Redondo Beach
- EDMUND FRANCIS THORNELLCaptain · September 10, 1966
- PHILIP HARRY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- EDWARD ARTHUR PAINEPetty Officer Third Class · May 17, 1967
- GREGORY RAY GINGERICHPetty Officer Second Class · May 25, 1967
- ROGER MILTON POIRIERSergeant · August 2, 1967
- CHRISTIAN LARS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- GARY MICHAEL DIAZCorporal · February 4, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH NARDELLISpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- BARRY WAYNE HOOPERLieutenant · March 5, 1968
- KARL LUCASStaff Sergeant · April 25, 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.