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ROBERT OLIVER WELLS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 19, 1949 – March 26, 1969
Service recordRobert Oliver Wells, of Killeen, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1969, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Killeen, Texas (Bell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; four of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 28W, Line 55
- STEVE RANDAL WHITAKERPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- LAWRENCE M WILHELM JRStaff Sergeant · March 26, 1969
- DONNIS GLEN WILLISPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- JOSEPH F WILLISFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE FRANK GREENCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 46
- BOBBY PAT LINDLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 49
From Killeen
- CHARLES PIERCE SPARKSPrivate First Class · October 24, 1964
- NORMAN COLUMBUS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1965
- ALBERT EDWARD SOMBELONStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- ARTHUR CECILIO AGUIRREStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1967
- ROY ROBERT BOOTHSpecialist Four · May 27, 1967
- LAMAR HAYES TEMPLECorporal · August 16, 1967
- JERRY EUGENE MAURERSpecialist Four · November 18, 1967
- THOMAS G BERNARDYSpecialist Four · January 2, 1968
- FLOYD BROWN SPENCER JRMajor · January 31, 1968
- CHARLES DAVID ALLEN JRCaptain · March 16, 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.