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HARRY LEON WELLS
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 10, 1946 – October 28, 1968
Service recordHarry Leon Wells, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 28, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 52
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 52
- DAVID STUART TAYLOR JRCorporal · October 28, 1968
- GEORGE ROBERT TUNISONFirst Lieutenant · October 28, 1968
- DANNY GENE WESTPrivate First Class · October 28, 1968
- STEVEN NEIL BEZOLDCaptain · October 29, 1968
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.