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WAYNE MORRIS BELL
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
October 23, 1937 – October 12, 1968
Service recordWayne Morris Bell, of Cassopolis, Michigan, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 52
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 23, 1937
- Home of record
- Cassopolis, Michigan (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 52
- STEWART CHARLES EMERSONSpecialist Four · October 12, 1968
- ROBERT DANIEL FACCIOCorporal · October 12, 1968
- DREW FIEDLERSergeant · October 12, 1968
- WALTER EDWARD GOLEMBIEWSKIPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RICHARD CARROLLWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 41W, Line 51
- JAMES ANDREW SOWAPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 54
- HERBERT JAMES WISHERSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 56
From Cassopolis
- GARY LEE HENSLEYSpecialist Five · November 3, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL LOZIERSecond Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- MICHAEL DARWIN PERSONETTELance Corporal · September 23, 1968
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.