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OSCAR CHARLIE BELL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 4, 1944 – July 22, 1966
Service recordOscar Charlie Bell JR, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 22, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · 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
- August 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1966; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 54
- RICHARD FRANCIS MCNICHOLSCorporal · July 21, 1966
- MARK ERNEST STOLTENBURGCorporal · July 21, 1966
- RAINFORD TIFFINMajor · July 21, 1966
- LARRY VANCLIEFSpecialist Four · July 21, 1966
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 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.