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JOHN ONEIL WELSH JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 11, 1946 – January 11, 1967
Service recordJohn Oneil Welsh JR, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 12
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Dauphin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 12
- ROBERT PETER SCHENAFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1967
- GARY DON SHIELDSFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1967
- G LYLE STETTENSpecialist Four · January 11, 1967
- JOHN LEE STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
From Harrisburg
- DONALD RICHARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · February 9, 1964
- MARLIN E MCCAHANCaptain · June 24, 1964
- SAMUEL LEE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- J RANDALL GIPELance Corporal · January 6, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH PALUSCIOPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ERNST PHILIP KIEFEL JRColonel · February 10, 1966
- BILLY ALBERT THOMPSONSergeant First Class · April 24, 1966
- STANLEY LOUIS HORWITZPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- JERRY POTTSCorporal · November 26, 1966
- OWEN FRANCIS NEUMYERSergeant · December 10, 1966
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.