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DAVID ELMER WELCH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 20, 1940 – March 14, 1967
Service recordDavid Elmer Welch, of Beltsville, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 82
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
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 20, 1940
- Home of record
- Beltsville, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1967; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 145 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 82
- CLARENCE EDWARD ROLLENPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- CHARLES PATRICK TERHUNEPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- RICHARD LLOYD THORNELLPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- RANDOLPH BUCK WARDPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LESLIE PAUL BERNSTEINSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 75
- MARSHALL EDWARD CLEMENTSSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 76
- JAMES ALLEN CRANPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 76
- JAMES BARTON CUMMINGS JRSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 77
- ANIBAL DEJESUS-SANCHEZPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 77
- FRED NEWTON HANSHEW JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 78
- MATTHEW HIGGINSPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 78
- ROBERT WILSON HILLSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 78
- EDWIN NEWLIN HOLLOWAY IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 79
- ROGER SCOTT KOHUTPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 80
- WILLIAM KUHNEPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 80
- MELVIN LIPSCOMBSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 80
- LARRY RICHARD LUMPKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 80
- WILLIAM CALVIN PEARCE IVPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 81
- CLARENCE EDWARD ROLLENPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 82
- CHARLES PATRICK TERHUNEPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 82
- RANDOLPH BUCK WARDPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 82
- STEVEN RICHARD WITHERSPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 83
From Beltsville
- GARLAND CLAUDE BOBBITTSergeant · March 17, 1966
- JOHN DAVID KRAMERSecond Lieutenant · May 25, 1966
- JAMES HOWARD JONESLance Corporal · August 1, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD JONES JRFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1969
- ROGER WAYNE BISHOPCorporal · September 7, 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.