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RICHARD ERNEST WELCH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 6, 1945 – November 26, 1966
Service recordRichard Ernest Welch, of Lakeside, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 124
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 2 BN 32 ARTY II FF
- Born
- September 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Lakeside, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 124
- STANLEY RICHARD GLEISINGERCorporal · November 26, 1966
- WILLIAM AFFLEY LYNCH JRLieutenant Colonel · November 26, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 1966
- JOE H TRICKEY JRCaptain · November 26, 1966
From Lakeside
- NELSON F PULSIFER JRPrivate First Class · November 14, 1966
- ROY LEE ESTRADASergeant · March 18, 1968
- DONALD GENE JACKSONLance Corporal · April 23, 1968
- HERBERT WALLACE ROLEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1968
- TERRIL WAYDE SNELSONPrivate First Class · December 8, 1969
- LARRY ANTHONY SALMONCorporal · June 4, 1970
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.