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ROBERT LEROY WELCH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 30, 1948 – July 3, 1970
Service recordRobert Leroy Welch, of Yale, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 3, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 117
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Yale, Michigan (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 117
- BOYD ADAM STEPHENS JRSpecialist Four · July 3, 1970
- ROBERT STEPHEN UTECHTCorporal · July 3, 1970
- CHARLES FRANKLIN BOOKOUTSergeant First Class · July 4, 1970
- JIMMIE LEE ROBINSONSergeant · July 4, 1970
From Yale
- GORDON J GRAHAMPrivate First Class · October 25, 1967
- GERALD FRANK VILASWarrant Officer 1 · September 19, 1971
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.