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HUGH WILLIAM WELLONS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 12, 1942 – October 13, 1966
Service recordHugh William Wellons, of Florence, South Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 12, 1942
- Home of record
- Florence, South Carolina (Florence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 73
- DENNIS WALTER WATERMANSpecialist Five · October 13, 1966
- JAMES CARLINE DOBSONLance Corporal · October 14, 1966
- PAUL EDWARD FLOYD JRStaff Sergeant · October 14, 1966
- F G GIPSON JRLance Corporal · October 14, 1966
From Florence
- SYLVESTER JACKSON JRSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- JOHNNY WILLIAM LLEWELLYNStaff Sergeant · August 5, 1966
- EARL MATTHEWS JRStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1966
- EDDIE BOYD COOKE JRStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1966
- ANTHONY L FRANKSLance Corporal · August 8, 1967
- HAZEL H HUMPHRIES IIICorporal · August 9, 1967
- MARION LEE MEGGSLance Corporal · November 16, 1967
- ROLAND K DAVISMajor · January 25, 1968
- HARLEY B HACKETT IIICaptain · July 24, 1968
- DURWOOD CAULDERLance Corporal · July 27, 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.