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ROY VON WELLS
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
March 28, 1940 – January 22, 1967
Service recordRoy Von Wells, of Heber Springs, Arkansas, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 22, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 68
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Damage Controlman (DC)
- Born
- March 28, 1940
- Home of record
- Heber Springs, Arkansas (Cleburne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 68
- DONALD ELTON SHOEMAKERPrivate First Class · January 22, 1967
- ANTONIO GILBERTO YESCASSpecialist Four · January 22, 1967
- ERIC WARD ZOLLERSpecialist Four · January 22, 1967
- TERRY LEE BRADENSeaman · January 23, 1967
From Heber Springs
- DWAYNE ELBERT KEVERSergeant · August 19, 1968
- ROBERT LOUIS WALTERSLance Corporal · May 2, 1969
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.