Rank: Staff Sergeant
Unit: M Company, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11E – Armor Crewman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 26-Nov-1939
Hometown: Ludowici, Georgia
Marital status: Married to Carolyn S. Bell, one son, one daughter
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 20-Mar-1956
Start of tour: 2-Feb-1970
Incident date: 17-Jun-1970
Date of casualty: 17-Jun-1970
Age at death: 30
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
John Darvin Bell was killed while commander of a military vehicle on a military mission when a hostile force was encountered. / Tank commander on tank on reconnaissance mission. Engaged hostile force in firefight.
Location of fatality: Cambodia, XU 464 153
Place of interment: Bartlett City Cemetery, Bartlett, Texas, USA
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