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SAMUEL WAYNE BELL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 18, 1935 – May 10, 1969
Service recordSamuel Wayne Bell, of San Francisco, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 10, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 35
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- June 18, 1935
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 35
- BENJAMIN CHARLES BLISSSpecialist Four · May 10, 1969
- ROBERT EARL BOWMANCorporal · May 10, 1969
- LAWRENCE STEVEN BOYCEPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- RONALD DALE KELLERCorporal · May 10, 1969
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.