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BRUCE RICHARD WELGE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 5, 1945 – January 26, 1969
Service recordBruce Richard Welge, of Chester, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 90
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Chester, Illinois (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 90
- JERRY LEE ONEALCorporal · January 26, 1969
- RUSSEL KEITH UTLEYColonel · January 26, 1969
- ROGER CLOYCE BEALLSergeant · January 27, 1969
- RAYMOND FREDERICK BEAUCHAMPPrivate First Class · January 27, 1969
From Chester
- CHARLES WAYNE RADERLance Corporal · March 3, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD COWELLPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- KENNETH CHARLES FRAZERSergeant · September 9, 1968
- FREDERICK ALLEN ALLMEYERPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
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.