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TERRY WELCH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 16, 1947 – April 12, 1967
Service recordTerry Welch, of Auburndale, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 20
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Auburndale, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1967; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 20
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SMITHSeaman Apprentice · April 12, 1967
- CHARLES A SULLIVAN JRPrivate First Class · April 12, 1967
- JOHN HARVEY TYNDALL JRSpecialist Four · April 12, 1967
- VICTORIANO VELEZSpecialist Four · April 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RUDI HERMANN DUSCHEKSpecialist Five · Panel 18E, Line 18
- RONALD CHARLES HURSTSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 18
- THOMAS LYLE BARLEENCorporal · Panel 18E, Line 19
- JOHN HARVEY TYNDALL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 20
From Auburndale
- DENNIS LACO MORGANPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- JEREMIAH GREENCorporal · June 20, 1968
- MIGUEL RAMOS GARCIACorporal · March 5, 1970
- TOMMY HUBERT IVEYSpecialist Four · January 20, 1971
- WILLIAM DARRELL THOMPSONSpecialist Four · November 28, 1971
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.