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PHILLIP ROGERSON WELLONS
Major · U.S. Air Force
February 19, 1932 – August 17, 1970
Service recordPhillip Rogerson Wellons, of Raleigh, North Carolina, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 17, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 120
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 TFW SQ
- Born
- February 19, 1932
- Home of record
- Raleigh, North Carolina (Wake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1970
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 120
- DAVID LEROY RAMSAYCaptain · August 17, 1970
- SCOTT EDWARD SCHNEIDERCaptain · August 17, 1970
- RAYMOND L STANSBURY IISpecialist Four · August 17, 1970
- CHARLIE WILLIAM TAYLORLance Corporal · August 17, 1970
From Raleigh
- WILLIAM EDWARD DAVIS JRSecond Lieutenant · December 10, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD ALSTONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- LEE ARTHUR MOORE JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- EDWARD SHEPHERDPlatoon Sergeant · May 21, 1966
- JOHN B DAVIS IIISpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WAYLAND DUNN JRSergeant · August 14, 1966
- LEON GORDON CHADWICK IIICaptain · November 14, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD OXLEYFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1966
- SAMUEL ADAMS JAMES JRFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1966
- DONALD FRANK RHODESPrivate · January 7, 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.