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JOE THOMAS WELBORN
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
December 20, 1934 – November 4, 1965
Service recordJoe Thomas Welborn, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 20
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 20, 1934
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1965
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 20
- BENJAMIN ROBERT PINKERTONSpecialist Five · November 4, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM SIZEMOREWarrant Officer 1 · November 4, 1965
- ROBERT ARNOLD TILLQUISTSpecialist Four · November 4, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN TOWNSENDSergeant First Class · November 4, 1965
Same unit, same day
- ALAN LYNN BARNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 16
- JAMES EARL CLARKMaster Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 16
- RICHARD ARTHUR COFFEYSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 17
- CHARLES CLAYBOURN COXSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 17
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 17
- ROYAL CLIFTON FISHER JRCaptain · Panel 3E, Line 17
- WRIGHT BARTWYN HAMILLPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 17
- EDDIE LEE HILL JRCorporal · Panel 3E, Line 18
- ROY MARVIN HITT JRSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 18
- JAMES HENRY JARZENSKISergeant · Panel 3E, Line 18
- CHAMP JACKSON LAWSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 18
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 19
- WILLIAM JOHN LYONSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3E, Line 19
- FRED MOORE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 19
- WALTER B OLIVERSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 19
- RICHARD EDWARD STEELMajor · Panel 3E, Line 19
- BENJAMIN ROBERT PINKERTONSpecialist Five · Panel 3E, Line 20
- JAMES WILLIAM SIZEMOREWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 3E, Line 20
- ROBERT ARNOLD TILLQUISTSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 20
- LARIS WHITE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 21
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- RALPH GARY TILLPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
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.