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NEWTON THOMAS BELL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 22, 1948 – August 18, 1969
Service recordNewton Thomas Bell JR, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Spartanburg, South Carolina (Spartanburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1969; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 58
- HOWARD CARLTON ARDSergeant First Class · August 18, 1969
- NORMAN DWANE AUTENChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 18, 1969
- DONALD RICHARD BARRETTPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
- WILLIAM JOHN BASSIGNANIFirst Lieutenant · August 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY HEMAN DICKERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 59
- GARY EUGENE YOUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 64
From Spartanburg
- THOMAS RICE JRSpecialist Four · December 28, 1965
- DONALD THOMAS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- CHARLES BENJAMIN NORRISSergeant · April 21, 1966
- FRED HAROLD STILLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- JAMES WESLEY CANTRELLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
- JERRY DEAN WORTHYSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- LEYBURN W BROCKWELL JRLieutenant Colonel · May 1, 1967
- JAMES EDWIN WOODLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- JIMMIE LEWISPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- GAREY LEE HENSLEYSpecialist Four · September 15, 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.