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ORVILLE D WELLS
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 25, 1929 – July 23, 1966
Service recordOrville D Wells, of Paia, Hawaii, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Specialist (71L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 25, 1929
- Home of record
- Paia, Hawaii (Maui County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 64
- GENE THOMAS PEMBERTONColonel · July 23, 1966
- WILLIAM WARD SMITHCaptain · July 23, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS VOHSCorporal · July 23, 1966
- WILLIE WOODSON WILKERSONMaster Sergeant · July 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RICHARD BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 61
- DAVID WILLIAM HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 62
From Paia
- CASIMIRO VILLONSpecialist Four · January 18, 1968
- MICHAEL JEROME PACHECOCorporal · September 21, 1969
- CHARLES MANUWAHL KALANISpecialist Four · January 1, 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.