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RICHARD M WELCH
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
April 12, 1944 – October 2, 1968
Service recordRichard M Welch, of Maxwell, Iowa, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 2, 1968, in Thailand, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Maxwell, Iowa (Story County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1968. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 65
- FRED ZIMRI WASHBURNFirst Lieutenant · October 2, 1968
- DONALD LEE WESTERSpecialist Four · October 2, 1968
- THOMAS EARL ALDERSONCaptain · October 3, 1968
- MARTIN EDWARD BIXLERWarrant Officer 1 · October 3, 1968
From Maxwell
- DAVID L PEARSONSpecialist Four · January 5, 1967
- DICK E CUFFSpecialist Four · March 20, 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.