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NORMAN GENE WELCH
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 2, 1930 – June 5, 1969
Service recordNorman Gene Welch, of Splendora, Texas, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 81
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 2, 1930
- Home of record
- Splendora, Texas (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1969
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 23W, Line 81
- MILFORD HOMER WENSELCorporal · June 5, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH WILLIAMSCorporal · June 5, 1969
- FREDERICK ALLEN ALLMEYERPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
- LUKE JUNIOR AZLINSpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
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.