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RUSSELL LEE WELLS JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 18, 1944 – December 25, 1968
Service recordRussell Lee Wells JR, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 25, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 77
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Imagery Analyst (96D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 73 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 18, 1944
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 25, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 77
- DAVID ALLEN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · December 26, 1968
- MARK STANTON LUTESSergeant · December 26, 1968
- JAMES PAUL MCCONNELLSpecialist Four · December 26, 1968
- JON MACGILLIVRAY RUMBLELance Corporal · December 26, 1968
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 1966
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.