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RICHARD DOUGLAS WELLMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 3, 1949 – August 13, 1969
Service recordRichard Douglas Wellman, of Gastonia, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 36
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Gastonia, North Carolina (Gaston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 19W, Line 36
- ROBERT ALLAN WASHINGTONStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1969
- JOHN CURTIS WHITESIDECorporal · August 13, 1969
- JACK MICHAEL APODACASergeant · August 14, 1969
- DAVID ELTON BEANStaff Sergeant · August 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERRY WAYNE OFSTEDAHLSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 33
- ROBERT EARL SWINDLEStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 35
From Gastonia
- MAUSBY EDWARD HYLEMANSpecialist Four · October 1, 1965
- CARL DUANE PRUITTPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- ROBERT STEVEN KEENERPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- DONALD TERRY HELTONSpecialist Four · April 3, 1967
- TONY LEE VAN WHITELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- CARL HORACE WALL JRLance Corporal · October 6, 1967
- MICHAEL YATES KEETERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- GLENN WILLIAM RAMEYPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- ROGER LYNN COUICKPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- ROBERT LEE TATECorporal · April 7, 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.