Captain Harry Bell (Philippine Insurrection) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/ftleavenworth.asp. He received the Medal of Honor while serving in the U.S. Army, 36th Infantry, for actions near Porac, Luzon, Philippine Islands, October 17, 1899.Harry Bell was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Adam Bell and Katherina Matilda (Boettinger) Bell.  Harry Bell was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Adam Bell and Katherina Matilda (Boettinger) Bell.  In 1899 he was living in Minneapolis, Minnesota when joined the 36th United States Volunteer Infantry and was promoted to the rank of captain. The regiment was posted to the Philippines the same year.  On October 17, 1899 he engaged in the action at Porac on the island of Luzon, for which he later received the Medal of Honor.  After leaving the Army, he married Kate Reimers on 3 August 1904 in Davenport, Iowa and they had 3 sons.  As of 1910 he worked at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas where he was an electrician and, as of 1920, he was the chief clerk of the military prison there. By 1930 he had separated from his wife and was working as a government clerk in Columbus, Ohio.  He was living in Proviso Township, Cook County, Illinois where he died in 1938 at the age of 78.
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