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JAMES ALLEN WELLS
Captain · U.S. Army
September 1, 1945 – September 16, 1971
Service recordJames Allen Wells, of Niles, Michigan, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1971, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 18
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Niles, Michigan (Berrien County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1971; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 18
- PAUL J LUECKINGSpecialist Four · July 24, 1971
- LYNN MARTIN MORGANSpecialist Four · September 16, 1971
- JOHN SENECHEKSergeant Major · September 16, 1971
- ELBERT ARTHUR WELSHMajor · September 16, 1971
- GARY WILLIAM BUTLERWarrant Officer 1 · September 17, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE WALTER BOULWARESergeant First Class · Panel 2W, Line 17
- JOHN WINSLOW LAWRENCE JRMajor · Panel 2W, Line 17
- JOHN SENECHEKSergeant Major · Panel 2W, Line 18
- ELBERT ARTHUR WELSHMajor · Panel 2W, Line 18
From Niles
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROUSSOSPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS LINN JRPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT VINNEDGESpecialist Four · October 5, 1969
- CARL DEAN DIXONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1970
- JERRY MICHAEL WEAVERStaff Sergeant · July 16, 1970
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.