Christopher Cleophus Bell Jr. was born to Christopher C. Bell Sr. and Olivia Williams Bell on May 7, 1933, in Campostella, a small Negro suburb of Norfolk, Virginia. He attended the public schools ...visualizza altroChristopher Cleophus Bell Jr. was born to Christopher C. Bell Sr. and Olivia Williams Bell on May 7, 1933, in Campostella, a small Negro suburb of Norfolk, Virginia. He attended the public schools of Norfolk and later, Virginia State College, Petersburg, Virginia, from which he graduated (1954) with a degree in chemistry and a commission as a second lieutenant in the US Army.
Chris served twenty years in the army and retired (1974) as a major. His duties took him to France (twice), Germany, Vietnam, Korea (twice), and Ethiopia. He served more than fourteen (14) years overseas during his twenty (20) years of military service.visualizza meno