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LARRY DON WELSH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 16, 1947 – January 7, 1969
Service recordLarry Don Welsh, of Kansas City, Kansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on January 7, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 52
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 7, 1969
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1969; eight of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 35W, Line 52
- LEO ROBERT MULLENFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1969
- JAMES LESTER WOLTERSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
- JAMES ALLAN ASCHERFirst Lieutenant · January 8, 1969
- STEPHEN HAIG DEMERJIANPrivate First Class · January 8, 1969
From Kansas City
- KENNETH LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · December 4, 1965
- JACK SHIVELY SWENDERLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- JOHN MARK TIDERMANLieutenant Commander · March 21, 1966
- JAMES IRA COURTNEYStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- FELIX PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOOREPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE R COSTELLOSergeant · November 1, 1966
- EMMETT RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- LEE EDWARD REUKAUFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ROGER RALPH WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
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.