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CLARENCE LEON WELSCH JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 10, 1947 – December 28, 1968
Service recordClarence Leon Welsch JR, of Garfield, Kansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 6 BN 84 ARTY 41 ARTY GRP
- Born
- January 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Garfield, Kansas (Pawnee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 1
- CLIFTON CARDELL THORNCorporal · December 28, 1968
- JOSEPH RICHARD TWIGG JRPrivate First Class · December 28, 1968
- JAMES GREER WRIGHT SRSergeant First Class · December 28, 1968
- VICTOR LEROY AUSTINStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1968
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.