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ABRAM JOSEPH WELKER
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 24, 1944 – October 11, 1967
Service recordAbram Joseph Welker, of Wyncote, Pennsylvania, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 11, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 92
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- September 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Wyncote, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 92
- DAVID JOHN UCKERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- JERRY DANIEL VARNERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- SALVADOR BAZULTOSergeant · October 12, 1967
- WILLIAM STANTON BLESSINGPrivate First Class · October 12, 1967
- DALE ALLEN LASHPetty Officer Third Class · October 12, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.