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WILLIAM BELL JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 14, 1947 – December 17, 1971
Service recordWilliam Bell JR, of Alberta, Virginia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Transport Operator (64C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Alberta, Virginia (Brunswick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 88
- GREGG NEYMAN HOLLINGERCaptain · December 14, 1971
- CECIL CARRINGTON PERKINS JRCaptain · December 14, 1971
- OTHA LEE PERRYChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 14, 1971
- ROBERT WILLIAMSSeaman · December 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ANDREW HARRY MESHIGAUDStaff Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 89
From Alberta
- MILTON BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · June 4, 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.