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TERRY CHIP WELTY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 12, 1948 – September 5, 1968
Service recordTerry Chip Welty, of Massillon, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 46
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Massillon, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1968; eight of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 46
- DAVID DOUGLAS SIEGELCorporal · September 5, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL TURKSpecialist Five · September 5, 1968
- MICHAEL DALE WHITEPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- EUGENE WESLEY WICKERCorporal · September 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALEXANDER JOHNSON JRCaptain · Panel 45W, Line 42
From Massillon
- TIMOTHY DALE BERRYLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANCIS COYNELance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- RICHARD ELLSWORTH FUCHSLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- ROBERT EDWIN BETHUNESpecialist Four · January 12, 1967
- LAMONT DOUGLAS HILLPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE NULPH JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- PAUL RAY MADDOXSergeant · December 23, 1967
- DAVID WALLACE HENDLEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT SINNOCKSergeant · May 30, 1968
- RONALD STANTONSergeant First Class · October 20, 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.