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ROGER ORRIE WELLS
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 21, 1950 – September 17, 1970
Service recordRoger Orrie Wells, of Pleasantville, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 71
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Pleasantville, Pennsylvania (Venango County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 71
- DAVID WALLACE BAKERSergeant · September 18, 1970
- JOE MAC BROWNSergeant First Class · September 18, 1970
- JAMES CAMIL DUPONTFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1970
- ROBERT WAYNE NAPIERSergeant · September 18, 1970
From Pleasantville
- JAMES EDWARD GOSSELINPetty Officer Third Class · February 2, 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.