World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Ernest Wilmer Bell
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Gainesville, Florida
Honored By
John Robert McClure, Jr.
Relationship
Family
CAPTAIN IN THE INFANTRY. RECEIVED A SILVER STAR AND THE PURPLE HEART. KILLED JULY 25, 1944 NEAR ST. LO, NORMANDY, FRANCE. BURIED IN NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY, OVERLOOKING OMAHA BEACH INVASION GROUNDS. LIEUTENANT GENERAL LESLEY J. MCNAIR, COMMANDER OF AMERICAN GROUND FORCES IN EUROPE, WAS ALSO KILLED IN THAT SAME ATTACK ON THAT SAME DAY VERY NEAR CAPTAIN BELL.