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MARVIN EARL BELL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 27, 1943 – June 30, 1970
Service recordMarvin Earl Bell, of Blytheville, Arkansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 30, 1970, in Laos, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 102
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Blytheville, Arkansas (Mississippi County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 102
- WILLIAM LEON HUDNALLPrivate First Class · June 29, 1970
- LEROY BERNARD MUDDSeaman · June 29, 1970
- JAMES ALOYSIUS SCHACHTNERSergeant · June 29, 1970
- CURTIS EDWIN STELZERCorporal · June 29, 1970
From Blytheville
- CHARLES F KENNEDYSergeant · March 7, 1967
- FREDDIE LYNN FRIARPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- WILLIE B BRADFORDSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
- BURNELL WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · April 20, 1968
- HORACE VALLEY ROBINSON JRSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
- ROBERT EARL GRANTCorporal · March 8, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY BROWNLance Corporal · March 11, 1969
- LARRY MILTON KELLEYSergeant · April 7, 1969
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.