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RICHARD KENNETH WELLS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 14, 1947 – June 20, 1967
Service recordRichard Kenneth Wells, of Canoga Park, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 27
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Canoga Park, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1967; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 27
- FORREST LEE RAMOSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM SCHWEYHER JRPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- ROBERT EARL STAUFFERSergeant · June 20, 1967
- DAVID ALAN YOUNKSergeant · June 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD FIELDSSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 24
From Canoga Park
- WILLIAM HARRY AMSPACHER JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 2, 1965
- MITCHELL CONRAD SHORTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- MICHAEL STEPHEN GRANNANPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- HARTLEY MICHAEL JOSEPHSONLieutenant · October 7, 1966
- ELMER FREDERICK KENNEYSergeant · July 11, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN RUMLEYCorporal · January 8, 1968
- MICHAEL KANEPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
- ANGEL ANTONIO GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 28, 1968
- ROBERT ERNEST FORSHEYMajor · February 6, 1968
- MICHAEL WILLIAM ENBODYFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 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.