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JOHN HENRY WELCH III
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 21, 1942 – February 1, 1967
Service recordJohn Henry Welch III, of West Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 1, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 106
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- December 21, 1942
- Home of record
- West Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 106
- LEONARD ROBINSON JRSergeant · February 1, 1967
- CARL ERIC RUSSELLLance Corporal · February 1, 1967
- GORDON WARREN RUSSELLPrivate First Class · February 1, 1967
- WILLIAM D SCHADDELEESergeant · February 1, 1967
From West Hartford
- BRIAN JOHN CRONINLieutenant (junior grade) · December 9, 1964
- ROBERT LYON NORTONFirst Lieutenant · December 3, 1968
- MARK HANNAY DIXONPrivate First Class · April 29, 1969
- DOUGLAS WHITING YOUNGLance Corporal · December 20, 1969
- NORMAN PHILIP WESTWOOD JRLieutenant · May 17, 1970
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.