Rank/Rate: Seaman, First Class

Service Number: 640 43 50

Birth Date: January 11, 1920

From: Oneida, Tennessee

Decorations: Purple Heart

Submarine: USS Scorpion (SS-278)

Loss Date: February 1, 1944

Location: East China Sea or Yellow Sea

Circumstances: Lost at sea, cause unknown

Remarks: Some sources list Hollis’ birth date as November 22, 1923. Photo and information courtesy of Paul Roy.

NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS Scorpion (SS-278)

On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS Scorpion (SS-278)

Find a Grave Memorial: S1 Hollis Fields Bell (Manila American Cemetery and Memorial). Hollis Field Bell‘s cenotaph is in the family plot at Foster Crossroad Baptist Church Cemetery in Foster Crossroads, Tennessee.