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E J WELCH JR
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
November 21, 1936 – December 26, 1969
Service recordE J Welch JR, of Harrisville, Mississippi, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 26, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 95
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 21, 1936
- Home of record
- Harrisville, Mississippi (Simpson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 95
- EARL GENE LEACHCorporal · December 26, 1969
- VINCENT OWEN MCCANN JRCorporal · December 26, 1969
- HARVEY R MCCONAUGHEAD JRPrivate First Class · December 26, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES ROMESSERSergeant · December 26, 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.