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MARVIN VINCENT BELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 29, 1946 – September 21, 1968
Service recordMarvin Vincent Bell, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1968, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 58
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Materiel Control And Accounting Specialist (76P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1968; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 43W, Line 58
- RONALD ROBERT STROSCHEINCorporal · September 21, 1968
- DONALD LEE TEMPLETONCaptain · September 21, 1968
- THERMALL THOMPSONPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- WILLIS ALBERT TOOMESSergeant · September 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEVERET ROSCOE PROSKYSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 57
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 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.