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KENNETH WAYNE WELLS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 2, 1943 – March 5, 1967
Service recordKenneth Wayne Wells, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 25
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 25
- GERALD RONALD THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- RICHARD HISAO TOMALance Corporal · March 5, 1967
- JOE ALAN WHITBYSergeant · March 5, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE WHITEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ROBERT JANKASpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 20
- KENNETH WAYNE LAMPMANSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 21
- RICHARD CHARLES MCKEE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 22
- ORMAN DORR PHILLIPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 16E, Line 23
- DENNIS WAYNE SMITHSpecialist Six · Panel 16E, Line 23
- CLIFFORD EDWARD SPARKSSpecialist Six · Panel 16E, Line 24
- GERALD RONALD THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 25
- ROBERT EVANS WISEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 26
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.