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ROBERT GRAHAM BELL
Major · U.S. Air Force
May 23, 1930 – May 16, 1965
Service recordRobert Graham Bell, of Houston, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 16, 1965, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 116
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 23, 1930
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1965
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1965; 26 of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 116
- BRIAN DALE BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- CLAUDE MARVIN BUNCHTechnical Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- EDGAR STOMS DONAGHYStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JIMMY LEELAND CROUCHLance Corporal · September 26, 1965
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.