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THOMAS RALPH WELLS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 8, 1946 – August 22, 1968
Service recordThomas Ralph Wells, of Petersburg, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 22, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 35
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Petersburg, Virginia (Petersburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 35
- ALLEN PRICE WEAVERSergeant First Class · August 22, 1968
- WILLIAM EUGENE WEBERPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- BLAINE ALFRED WELCHLance Corporal · August 22, 1968
- BENJAMIN GALU WILLISPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
From Petersburg
- CALVIN L CHEIVESSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- JAMES AARON DICKENSSergeant · February 8, 1967
- BILLY RANDOLPH JEFFERSONCorporal · October 7, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE WARRENPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH BACH IIICaptain · April 20, 1969
- CALVIN EDWARD COOKECorporal · May 22, 1969
- WILLIE HOOPER JRSpecialist Four · September 2, 1970
- GEORGE EDWARD ROYESergeant First Class · November 10, 1970
- ROBERT LEE PULLIAMStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1971
- CHRISTOPHER GEO MORBITZERCaptain · August 19, 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.