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RALPH NORWOOD WELLS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 11, 1945 – April 7, 1968
Service recordRalph Norwood Wells, of Elm City, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 49
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Elm City, North Carolina (Wilson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1968; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 48E, Line 49
- JAMES RANDALL WELLSLance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- GLENN A WESTPHALSpecialist Five · April 7, 1968
- WILLIAM J WHITEHEADCaptain · April 7, 1968
- GILBERT WILEYLance Corporal · April 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SILVESTER BEAUREGARDPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 38
- PAUL DOUGLAS FLOURNOYCorporal · Panel 48E, Line 41
- VICTOR ELDEN KIDDPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 42
- JERRY FRANCIS LENTZSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 42
From Elm City
- MARVIN A J BULLOCKLance Corporal · May 16, 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.