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RUSSELL DESMOND WHELCHEL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 19, 1947 – September 7, 1967
Service recordRussell Desmond Whelchel, of Liberal, Kansas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 7, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 33
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FORCE 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Liberal, Kansas (Seward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FORCE 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 33
- ROBERT MARION WARRENCorporal · September 7, 1967
- TONY LEE VAN WHITELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- JAMES MURL WILSONSergeant · September 7, 1967
- JAMES STEVEN CAZARESHospitalman · September 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ALAN GILMORELance Corporal · Panel 26E, Line 24
From Liberal
- ELDON DALE LONGPrivate First Class · March 10, 1966
- PATRICK EDWARD OBRIENCorporal · February 22, 1967
- LARRY DEAN WARRENPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- ROY ALLEN LAMONSergeant · April 26, 1968
- GEORGE LARRY CRUSEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- ALLEN ROYAL BRADFORDCorporal · May 7, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR LOVESergeant · May 13, 1969
- JACKIE LEE SWINKPrivate First Class · October 14, 1969
- EDWARD LEE CRAIGSpecialist Four · February 1, 1970
- RAYMOND DEAN REGIERCorporal · February 5, 1970
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.