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REGINALD CONRAD BELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 6, 1948 – April 16, 1968
Service recordReginald Conrad Bell, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 11
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 50E, Line 11
- WILLIAM CLAYTON AVERITTECorporal · April 16, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER PAUL BATTAGLIAPetty Officer Second Class · April 16, 1968
- CHARLES BENHAM BOYNTON JRPetty Officer Third Class · April 16, 1968
- BRUCE KEITH CRAIGPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY PAUL MERINGAPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 18
- STEPHEN ERIC SEIFERTHPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 21
- SAMMY RAY SMITHSergeant · Panel 50E, Line 22
- NORMAN WESLEY TARPLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 23
- LARRY DEAN WARRENPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 23
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 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.