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EVERETT EARL WELLS JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 9, 1948 – August 23, 1970
Service recordEverett Earl Wells JR, of Hialeah, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 134
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Hialeah, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1970; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 134
- ROBERT DAWSON ROTHER JRPrivate First Class · August 23, 1970
- ROBERT GARLAND SIMES JRSpecialist Four · August 23, 1970
- SAM EUGENE STOUTStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1970
- JOHN FREDRICK WERNERSpecialist Five · August 23, 1970
From Hialeah
- TED PETER NEURA JRCaptain · December 12, 1963
- ROBERT LYMAN TAYLORStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1964
- BILLY HOWARDGunnery Sergeant · March 22, 1966
- ADELBERT F MIHALEK IVSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
- ALBERT JUDSON HAYESFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD BERRIOSCorporal · November 27, 1967
- RAMON CORTES-ROSASpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- TIMOTHY HAROLD ARTMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 8, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL MISIUTAPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT BURCH JRAirman · March 17, 1968
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.