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STEPHEN JACKSON WELSH
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
June 29, 1922 – March 21, 1968
Service recordStephen Jackson Welsh, of Abbeville, South Carolina, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 21, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 45. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 52
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 29, 1922
- Home of record
- Abbeville, South Carolina (Abbeville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1968
- Age
- 45
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1968; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 52
- AUBREY EUGENE STOWERS JRMajor · March 21, 1968
- DANIEL THOMASSpecialist Four · March 21, 1968
- JUSTIN GLASTON TURNBULLCorporal · March 21, 1968
- RICHARD HENRY WOODWARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
From Abbeville
- JAMES LYONS JRStaff Sergeant · June 4, 1966
- THOMAS LEE NORWOOD JRCaptain · February 11, 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.