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THOMAS A WELKER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 23, 1938 – July 27, 1967
Service recordThomas A Welker, of Minot, North Dakota, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 11
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 23, 1938
- Home of record
- Minot, North Dakota (Ward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 11
- MICHAEL DANIEL WESSELCorporal · July 27, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH WISESpecialist Four · July 27, 1967
- HAROLD EARL YOUNGSpecialist Five · July 27, 1967
- JOHN CAREY JRCorporal · July 28, 1967
From Minot
- ALLAN JAMES KOROMLance Corporal · May 22, 1966
- LEON LEROY LOCHTHOWEPrivate First Class · September 22, 1967
- WARD GUNARD WALTERSergeant · November 29, 1967
- RICHARD LEE BORGMANPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- GEORGE ERNEST VALKER IIISpecialist Four · August 10, 1968
- ROBERT ALVIN BROTHENSergeant · February 27, 1969
- LAWRENCE ROBERT ESSERSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- RICHARD ANTHONY VOLKLance Corporal · March 19, 1969
- JOHN MORRIS JOYCEFirst Lieutenant · April 17, 1969
- BRUCE LLOYD WOLDSergeant · April 21, 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.