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DAVID CLAUD WELLS
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 20, 1947 – May 11, 1968
Service recordDavid Claud Wells, of Carthage, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Carthage, Texas (Panola County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 28
- PERRY LEE WHITTINGTONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- EARL WOODSCorporal · May 11, 1968
- KENJI JERRY YAMASHITAFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1968
- EDWARD ANTHONY ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD DAVIS GALPINCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 20
- RICHARD CURTIS JACKSONSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 22
- BOBBY JOE MARTINEZSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 23
- MICHAEL DAVID MUELLERSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 24
- ROBERT CRAWFORD RANSOM JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 58E, Line 25
- ARCHIE JAMES ROBERTS JRCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 25
- KEITH DAN VINCENTCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 27
From Carthage
- THOMAS DEAN VINCENTLieutenant · February 25, 1965
- CECIL BENNY BRIDGESCorporal · July 29, 1967
- ROBERT EARL COLESpecialist Four · March 30, 1968
- JAMES MINTER LANGFORDSpecialist Four · April 3, 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.