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ARTHUR NORMAN WELCH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 29, 1950 – November 14, 1969
Service recordArthur Norman Welch, of Bossier City, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 14, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 78
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Bossier City, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 78
- CHARLES RAY ALEXPrivate First Class · November 15, 1969
- DEE OKEY NELSON CANADYStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1969
- JAMES RONALD CULWELLLance Corporal · November 15, 1969
- RONALD LLOYD DUCOMMUNSpecialist Four · November 15, 1969
From Bossier City
- WALLACE LEE OGEASergeant · November 20, 1967
- CHARLIE REUBEN MILLER JRPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- DENNIS BEDELLE BLACKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1968
- ALTON DELANEY KELLOGGSergeant · December 19, 1968
- HERBERT WALTERPrivate First Class · September 30, 1969
- DOLROY FRANCIESPrivate First Class · December 1, 1969
- ISSAC DAVID FAUGHNStaff Sergeant · December 7, 1969
- JAMES WALTER MYLESSpecialist Four · June 4, 1971
- ARNOLD JOHN RAHMCaptain · April 19, 1972
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.