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MICHAEL DEAN BELL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 18, 1948 – November 25, 1968
Service recordMichael Dean Bell, of Beaumont, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 54
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Beaumont, Texas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 54
- FRANCISCO ALVAREZSergeant · November 25, 1968
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BENTONFirst Lieutenant · November 25, 1968
- MELVIN EDWARD BEVIERSpecialist Four · November 25, 1968
- WILBERT ALLEN ELLISONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
From Beaumont
- JAMES LOUIS ALLENPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS HOPKINSSpecialist Five · February 6, 1966
- WARREN SHELBY MCELHANONPrivate First Class · March 9, 1966
- JOHN HENRY EAGLINSergeant · April 11, 1966
- DENNIS LEE REEVESSergeant · April 14, 1966
- FREDERIC WILLIAM FRITTSSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- BRENT IKE GRIGGSPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- CLAUDE BENJAMIN RUSH JRStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- CLAIR LEONARD RAY SAINTCorporal · February 26, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE WILKERSONPrivate First Class · April 20, 1967
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.