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RANDALL EDWARD WELCH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 19, 1948 – October 18, 1968
Service recordRandall Edward Welch, of Covington, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 1
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Covington, Kentucky (Kenton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1968; six of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 1
- DANIEL JOSEPH NOBLEConstructionman · October 18, 1968
- OTIS LESLIE NORRIS JRStaff Sergeant · October 18, 1968
- DANNY LEE ROSECorporal · October 18, 1968
- ROBERTO GONZALEZ-MORALESSergeant · October 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DARRALL BENNETTSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 72
- LESTER CLEO MCGINNIS IISergeant · Panel 41W, Line 74
- OTIS LESLIE NORRIS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 40W, Line 1
From Covington
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- LOUIS R RANDALLPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- CARL WILLIAM MUELLERSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS RAY SOWARDSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- DONATUS JOSEPH GEILENCorporal · February 28, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS ANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 3, 1967
- FRANK BELLEW DUNFORD IIIStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1967
- JEFFREY SCOTT AKERHospitalman · January 18, 1968
- THOMAS HOWARD RETSCHULTELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- SAMUEL GREEN HURRYSpecialist Four · February 2, 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.