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JOHN HAROLD WELCH
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 25, 1947 – November 1, 1967
Service recordJohn Harold Welch, of Knob Noster, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 7
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Knob Noster, Missouri (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 7
- ARTHUR ISIAH THOMASCorporal · November 1, 1967
- DAVID TUCKERSpecialist Four · November 1, 1967
- MICHAEL VIEHWEGSpecialist Four · November 1, 1967
- JOHN GEOFFREY WEATHERBYCorporal · November 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL E BENNETTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 28E, Line 107
- WALTER EARL BENTLEYCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 1
- KEITH VINCENT HUFFSTUTLERPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 3
- JOHN DAVID MICHAELISSergeant First Class · Panel 29E, Line 4
- MOSES MICKLEPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 29E, Line 4
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.