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JOHN CURTIS WELLS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 30, 1948 – March 22, 1968
Service recordJohn Curtis Wells, of Dearborn, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Dearborn, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1968. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
He died in South Vietnam while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 45E, Line 61
- ESTEVAN TORRESMaster Sergeant · March 22, 1968
- C W RICHARD WILLIAMSSergeant · March 22, 1968
- ROLAND ROBERT BELLAMYPrivate First Class · March 23, 1968
- LARRY JACK CLANTONCaptain · March 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LINWOOD DWIGHT MARTINSergeant First Class · Panel 45E, Line 59
- ESTEVAN TORRESMaster Sergeant · Panel 45E, Line 61
From Dearborn
- DENNIS CHARLES STANCROFFLance Corporal · December 24, 1965
- DAVID LEON SMITHLance Corporal · February 13, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1966
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JOHN FLOYD COCHRANEFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- RONALD C SMITHSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCKENNAPrivate · March 11, 1967
- RAYMOND JOHN BOROWSKISergeant · May 20, 1967
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.