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CECIL ALBERT WELLMAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 7, 1937 – October 14, 1970
Service recordCecil Albert Wellman, of Purcell, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 1
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 7, 1937
- Home of record
- Purcell, Oklahoma (Mcclain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1970
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 1
- MARCUS SMITHSergeant · October 14, 1970
- WILLIAM HAROLD STROUDPrivate First Class · October 14, 1970
- JOHN HENRY THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · October 14, 1970
- CARL JEFFREY WANKAChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT L BRUNCKHORST JRSergeant First Class · Panel 7W, Line 134
- ROBERTS PATON BURROWSStaff Sergeant · Panel 7W, Line 134
- EDWIN HARRY CURTISSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7W, Line 134
- CARL JEFFREY WANKAChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 1
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.