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MELVIN ONEAL WELBORN
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
April 7, 1947 – November 7, 1967
Service recordMelvin Oneal Welborn, of Phil Campbell, Alabama, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 7, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 46
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Phil Campbell, Alabama (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 46
- ROBERT STEPHEN WALSHPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- JOHN E YOUNGSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT ADAMSSergeant First Class · November 8, 1967
- JAMES WARREN ALLEN JRCorporal · November 8, 1967
From Phil Campbell
- JAMES BUFORD SMITHPrivate First Class · June 19, 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.