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DAVID WELCH
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 1, 1949 – April 1, 1970
Service recordDavid Welch, of Oakland, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 77
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Oakland, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 77
- VENTER BLYTHE NOEL VANDESpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- WILLIAM PENN WALL IIISecond Lieutenant · April 1, 1970
- CASEY OWEN WALLERSergeant · April 1, 1970
- CLIFTON P WHEELHOUSE JRSergeant · April 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CARTER WAYNE DOWDStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 66
- ROBERT GENE FLOYDSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 67
- CLIFTON P WHEELHOUSE JRSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 77
- THOMAS EDWARD WILSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 78
- JOHN EDWARD YOUNGCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 78
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.