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BRIAN LEE WELLS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 2, 1948 – February 15, 1969
Service recordBrian Lee Wells, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 15, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 41
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ground Radar Repairman (5931)
- Born
- February 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 41
- FRED DARREL WHITAKERCorporal · February 15, 1969
- WAYNE ALAN WILCOXSergeant · February 15, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES WYMANPrivate First Class · February 15, 1969
- LARRY MELVIN ALCOSSpecialist Four · February 16, 1969
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
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.