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DAVID RUSSELL WELCH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 7, 1945 – March 12, 1970
Service recordDavid Russell Welch, of Grand Junction, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 121
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Grand Junction, Colorado (Mesa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1970; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 121
- MITCHELL WILLIAM STOUTSergeant · March 12, 1970
- RAYMOND WILSON TEALStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1970
- VENEY EWELL THOMPSONSpecialist Four · March 12, 1970
- DANNY RAY BISHOPPrivate · March 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GERALD THOMAS ATKINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 115
- KENNETH JOE AUSTONCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 115
- WILLIAM T MCCORMICKStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 119
- RAYMOND WILSON TEALStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 121
From Grand Junction
- SAM BURNELL JRStaff Sergeant · January 10, 1966
- RICHARD PETE DONATHANLance Corporal · August 10, 1966
- LEROY FRED DELGADO JRPrivate First Class · February 17, 1967
- GARY LEON TRUJILLOPrivate First Class · November 29, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM DOBYPetty Officer First Class · February 6, 1968
- RONNIE DEAN SCHULTZSpecialist Five · February 29, 1968
- PHILIP RAYMOND SHAFERSpecialist Six · April 19, 1968
- PHILIP DENNIS MILLERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE GOBBOPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- DAVID CHARLES JOHNSONSergeant · February 5, 1971
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.