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JOHN ELMORE WELLS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 12, 1949 – June 4, 1970
Service recordJohn Elmore Wells, of Pascagoula, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 11
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Pascagoula, Mississippi (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 11
- ROBERT ERICK UTHEMANNStaff Sergeant · June 4, 1970
- ARNO JOSEPH VOIGTSergeant First Class · June 4, 1970
- WILLIAM THOMAS WALLACE JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 4, 1970
- HARRY TRUMAN WILSONSergeant · June 4, 1970
From Pascagoula
- GIOVANNINO TUMMINIASpecialist Five · March 30, 1966
- EUGENE JEHLEN MAJUREFirst Lieutenant · August 18, 1966
- GEORGE CURTIS SIGALASLance Corporal · December 22, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN BURTONSpecialist Four · June 11, 1968
- HERMAN PAUL MAGEEPrivate First Class · July 22, 1968
- THOMAS DOUGLAS HARDYPrivate · October 22, 1968
- GEORGE DOUGLAS HOWARDPrivate First Class · October 9, 1969
- HOWARD OTTO WARBINGTONStaff Sergeant · April 3, 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.