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GERALD WELSCH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 23, 1947 – March 12, 1971
Service recordGerald Welsch, of Bronxville, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 43
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Bronxville, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1971; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 43
- EUGENE ALLENPrivate First Class · March 13, 1971
- MELVIN RAY CLEAVELANDPrivate First Class · March 13, 1971
- BARTON SHELDON CREEDLieutenant Commander · March 13, 1971
- NEAL STEVEN CROWDERSergeant · March 13, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MELVIN HAZLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 40
- MICHAEL WAYNE HILLCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 40
- NAZIR MOHAMMEDSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 41
- BENJAMIN EUGENE SLAGOWSKIStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 42
From Bronxville
- ROBERT MCKELLIP JRSecond Lieutenant · May 8, 1968
- ROBERT CRAWFORD RANSOM JRSecond Lieutenant · May 11, 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.