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DANIEL KENNETH WELIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 27, 1949 – April 4, 1970
Service recordDaniel Kenneth Welin, of Bloomington, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 94
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Bloomington, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 94
- CECIL RAY SMITH JRSergeant · April 4, 1970
- WILLIAM MORRIS WALMSLEYPrivate First Class · April 4, 1970
- GARY WAYNE WEEKLEYCorporal · April 4, 1970
- JEFFREY JEROME YOUNGPrivate First Class · April 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JACK WILLIAM CONNERSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 92
- GARY WAYNE WEEKLEYCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 94
From Bloomington
- GARY FRANCIS MCCUELance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- PETER RAY WILLEYPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- RONALD BARRY LANNINGPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN DAHLSpecialist Four · December 24, 1969
- RONNIE CARL TESCHENDORFSergeant · November 29, 1970
- MICHAEL MATTHEW SIKICHSpecialist Four · December 23, 1970
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.