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MICHAEL ALONZO WELLS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 7, 1949 – June 27, 1969
Service recordMichael Alonzo Wells, of Enterprise, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1969, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 26
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Enterprise, West Virginia (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1969; four of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 26
- MICHAEL LEE MCMASTERCorporal · June 27, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SEILERLance Corporal · June 27, 1969
- STEVE OTTO STRASSHOFERPrivate First Class · June 27, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES THEMMENPrivate First Class · June 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CLAUDE CHARLES DENARDISPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 22
- ALFRED HENRY KUNKEL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 23
- PHILIP MASTRAMICOSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 24
- HUMBERTO RUIZ SANTIAGO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 25
From Enterprise
- JERRY LEE HALPENNYCorporal · October 13, 1968
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.