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MICHAEL JOHN WELCH
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 7, 1945 – January 25, 1972
Service recordMichael John Welch, of Danville, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1972, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 100
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Danville, Illinois (Vermilion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1972
- Age
- 26
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1972; he was the only one lost in An Xugen Province that day. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 100
- WALTER C B MORANSpecialist Four · January 23, 1972
- FERNANDO FIGUEROASpecialist Five · January 24, 1972
- BARRY LEE SMITHSpecialist Four · January 24, 1972
- ROGER LEE PIERCEMajor · January 25, 1972
From Danville
- THOMAS EDWARD BROWNLieutenant (junior grade) · April 29, 1966
- WALTER PHILIP JACKSONPetty Officer Third Class · August 10, 1966
- ROBERT FRANCIS ENDERBYLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- ROBERT CARL SHERMANSergeant · June 24, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM DAVISPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- KENNETH RALPH MCALLISTERPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- PERRY DICKEN JRLance Corporal · April 11, 1968
- CECIL LAVON RENDERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- JOHN ALLEN GOLDSBERY IIPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- ROBERT DUANE SHIPMANStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1970
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.