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WILLIAM MARTIN WELLMAN JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 14, 1949 – June 4, 1969
Service recordWilliam Martin Wellman JR, of New Carlisle, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 4, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 69
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- May 14, 1949
- Home of record
- New Carlisle, Ohio (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 69
- FREDERICK ALFRED VERRYSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
- JOSEPH VINCENT ZAPPINI JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 4, 1969
- WILLIAM HERSCHEL AYERSSpecialist Four · June 5, 1969
- RONALD RAY BAKERSpecialist Four · June 5, 1969
From New Carlisle
- JERRY WAYNE HAUFSpecialist Four · October 20, 1966
- DONALD IRVIN RANKINSpecialist Four · November 24, 1966
- LARRY EUGENE LEECorporal · February 4, 1967
- STEVEN DEAN GUNDOLFPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- STEVEN DOUGLAS TOWNSLEYCorporal · June 1, 1968
- CARL DAVID NALLCorporal · March 28, 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.