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A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968.
A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968. Photo: Sgt. William F. Dickman, USMC, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Thomas Edward Welker.

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THOMAS EDWARD WELKER

Hospitalman · U.S. Navy

December 26, 1944 – September 11, 1968

Service record

Thomas Edward Welker, of Darien, New York, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 11, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 44W · Line 33

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Service

Branch
U.S. Navy
Rank
Hospitalman (HN)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Hospital Corpsman (HM)
Born
December 26, 1944
Home of record
Darien, New York (Genesee County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 11, 1968
Age
23
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

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63 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 44W, Line 33

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.