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WESLEY EUGENE MELTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 10, 1950 – June 18, 1970
Service recordWesley Eugene Melton, of Black Mountain, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 65
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Black Mountain, North Carolina (Buncombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 65
- CARL WILSON DRAKEMajor · June 18, 1970
- HARRY LAWRENCE MCLAMBMajor · June 18, 1970
- JAMES ARTHUR SCRUGGSPrivate · June 18, 1970
- RODRICK ALLAN SKEINSSpecialist Four · June 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP CASTILLOSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 62
- HENRY PATRICK CLARKSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 63
- EARNEST HARDIMON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 64
- RODRICK ALLAN SKEINSSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 65
- BARRY GLENN TUCKERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 66
- FRANK CHARLES ZONAR JRSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 66
From Black Mountain
- JERRY BRUCE HARRISSpecialist Four · February 20, 1966
- HERBERT COLEMAN WRIGHT JRLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- DONALD WOODSON WRIGHTCaptain · September 1, 1969
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.