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ELBERT ARTHUR WELSH
Major · U.S. Army
May 17, 1938 – September 16, 1971
Service recordElbert Arthur Welsh, of Cadiz, Ohio, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1971, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 18
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 17, 1938
- Home of record
- Cadiz, Ohio (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1971
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1971; two of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 18
- PAUL J LUECKINGSpecialist Four · July 24, 1971
- LYNN MARTIN MORGANSpecialist Four · September 16, 1971
- JOHN SENECHEKSergeant Major · September 16, 1971
- JAMES ALLEN WELLSCaptain · September 16, 1971
- GARY WILLIAM BUTLERWarrant Officer 1 · September 17, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE WALTER BOULWARESergeant First Class · Panel 2W, Line 17
- JOHN WINSLOW LAWRENCE JRMajor · Panel 2W, Line 17
- JOHN SENECHEKSergeant Major · Panel 2W, Line 18
- JAMES ALLEN WELLSCaptain · Panel 2W, Line 18
From Cadiz
- ROBERT VARGOCorporal · July 2, 1967
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.