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HAROLD HUGH WELCH
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 20, 1946 – January 29, 1968
Service recordHarold Hugh Welch, of Shelby, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Shelby, North Carolina (Cleveland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 35E, Line 64
- DANNY A WEBERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD WHITESergeant Major · January 29, 1968
- WILLIAM EDMOND WHITE IIICorporal · January 29, 1968
- JOHN PETER ZIELINSKISpecialist Four · January 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD EMERSON DENNY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 59
- LESTER STEPHEN KINARDSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 60
- JIMMIE CHARLES MARRIONPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 61
- ESTEBAN PENA ESTRADACorporal · Panel 35E, Line 62
- ROBERT WILLIAM NEHERSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 62
From Shelby
- RONALD ERNEST MULLINAXCorporal · December 21, 1965
- JERRY DONALD CARTERSergeant · June 7, 1966
- JAMES HAROLD BRITTAINStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- JAMES CLIFFORD PEARSONPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- JIMMY KEITH MORRISONPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- ROLAND CLEMON CROSBYSpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
- JOE LOUIS LOCKHAR MCGILLLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- WAYNE ROGER HOYLEPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- ERNEST FRANKLIN ELDERSLance Corporal · March 20, 1969
- JAMES HOPPER JRPrivate First Class · June 10, 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.