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RICHARD WILLIAM WELCH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 27, 1949 – September 13, 1968
Service recordRichard William Welch, of Wilmington, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 55
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 44W, Line 55
- KEITH LINCOLN WAREMajor General · September 13, 1968
- JOHNNY LEE WILKSCorporal · September 13, 1968
- BOOKER T WRIGHTPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
- DANNY R AYERSSergeant · September 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOSEPH BENZSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 45
- TERENCE MICHAEL HUSTEADSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 49
- GARY LEE LEWISPrivate · Panel 44W, Line 50
- LONZO JOSEPH MORAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 51
From Wilmington
- JOHN JOSEPH FULLERTON JRPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT WARREN PARENTSpecialist Five · July 21, 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.