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Heber City Vietnam veteran honored with plaque, street dedication

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A ceremony on Tuesday honored Wasatch County’s only known service member to have been killed during the Vietnam War. Lance Cpl. Blaine Welch was born and raised in Heber City and graduated from Wasatch High School. He served in the Marines from 1967 to 1968, until he was killed in action in Vietnam on Aug. 22, 1968, at the age of 20.

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