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STEVEN ALLEN BELL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 13, 1949 – March 23, 1969
Service recordSteven Allen Bell, of Petersburg, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 23, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 18
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- December 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Petersburg, Indiana (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 18
- LARRY JAMES CONKLINSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- HOWARD KIM FITZGERALDSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- MICHAEL ARTHUR GEHLSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES DAVISMajor · May 2, 1975
From Petersburg
- BOBBY JOE WALTERSSpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- KENNETH W FOWLERTechnical Sergeant · April 25, 1969
- DOUGLAS ALAN LEMONDPrivate First Class · October 14, 1969
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.