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JOHN CHARLES WELLS
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 9, 1949 – November 6, 1968
Service recordJohn Charles Wells, of Mayview, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 31
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 19 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- December 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Mayview, Missouri (Lafayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 31
- JOEL VRUGGINKSpecialist Five · November 6, 1968
- CHARLES LELAND ADKINSPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
- CHARLES DAVISON BALLOULieutenant Colonel · November 7, 1968
- JOSE DAVID BERMUDEZ JRPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
From Mayview
- DONALD GENE GIBLERSpecialist Four · February 18, 1971
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.