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THOMAS EDWARD WELCH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 30, 1949 – November 3, 1968
Service recordThomas Edward Welch, of Springhill, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 14
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Springhill, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 14
- SHERRELL VANCE SHELTONSpecialist Four · November 3, 1968
- JOHN BRUCE THORNTONPetty Officer Third Class · November 3, 1968
- DAVID ALLAN WENCLSergeant · November 3, 1968
- BRYAN LEE WILSONStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1968
From Springhill
- MARVIN NELSON LINDSEYColonel · June 29, 1965
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.