Wallace Harold Welch was the son of Charles Gaut Welch and Agatha Esther Willborn. His brother Selmar Birch Welch served with the Navy and was reported missing in action in 1943. He is memorialized at North Africa American Cemetery in Carthage, Tunisia.
Lt. Welch Died of Wounds
He was initially buried at Naples Allied Cemetery at Naples, Italy and reburied at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy, F, 13, 39
- Rank: First Lieutenant
- Date of birth: 18 September 1914
- Date of death: 26 December 1944
- County: Bradley
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 349th Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division
- Theater: Europe
- Conflict: World War II
- Awards: Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
- Burial/Memorial Location: Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy
- Location In Memorial: Pillar VII, Top Panel
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