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EARL RAYMOND WELSH JR
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
July 8, 1947 – July 19, 1968
Service recordEarl Raymond Welsh JR, of Darlington, Pennsylvania, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 15
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- July 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Darlington, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 15
- SANTIAGO TORRES JRPrivate · July 19, 1968
- CLARENCE EDWARD WATSONSergeant · July 19, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN WHIPKEYPrivate First Class · July 19, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 19, 1968
From Darlington
- JAMES EARL HUPPSpecialist Four · July 8, 1970
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.