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LARRY EUGENE WELCH
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 18, 1947 – March 14, 1968
Service recordLarry Eugene Welch, of Jacksonville, Illinois, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 55
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Illinois (Morgan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 55
- KENNETH JOHN GREENESpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- JOHN ANGELO VIRGONAPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- DONALD EDWARD WEITZPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- JAMES CARL WHISNANPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ADOLFO AGUILARSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 46
- DONALD EUGENE KIDDSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 47
- THOMAS GEORGE KOLINSKISecond Lieutenant · Panel 44E, Line 48
- DOM E LEESpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 48
- ROGER WILLIAM LETTOPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 48
- JOHN R MEDLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 49
- RONALD GENE MCCRAWSergeant · Panel 44E, Line 51
- WILLIAM EDWARD PRICESergeant · Panel 44E, Line 53
- RAUL ROBLEDOCorporal · Panel 44E, Line 53
- THOMAS JOHN SALTMARSHPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 53
- SAMMIE RAY SNEED JRCorporal · Panel 44E, Line 53
From Jacksonville
- CHARLES WILLIAM SANDERSSecond Lieutenant · March 18, 1967
- RONALD LEE BLACKSergeant · September 11, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCMAHANLieutenant Commander · February 14, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WATTSSergeant · February 26, 1968
- STEVEN RAY LOWEPrivate First Class · May 31, 1970
- ROBERT RAY LYNNMajor · December 21, 1972
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.