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PFC Richard K. Wells was an infantryman serving with E Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry, 199th Infantry Brigade. Part of the time he was deployed in the field, PFC Wells served as the company commander’s radio operator.
Below is cited at www.virtualwall.org PERSONAL DATA Home of Record: Canoga Park, CA Date of birth: 09/14/1947 MILITARY DATA Service: Army of the United States Grade at loss: E3 Rank: Private First Class ID No: 56418659 MOS: 11B10: Infantryman Length...
Richard Kenneth Wells. Private First Class E CO, 3RD BN, 7TH INFANTRY, 199TH INFANTRY BDE, USARV Army of the United States Canoga Park, California
- Was The Mining Company Really Based Out of Reno, Nevada?
- Was David Walsh's Company Nearly Broke Before He "Found" Gold in Indonesia?
- How Did The Real Kenny Wells and Michael Acosta Meet?
- What Motivated Michael de Guzman to Commit Fraud?
- Is FBI Agent Paul Jennings Based on A Real person?
- Was Michael de Guzman (Michael Acosta in The Movie) Married in Real Life?
- Did The Real Kenny Wells Have to Touch A Tiger to Close A Deal?
- Did The Indonesian Government Really Try to Get in on The Action?
- Did Michael de Guzman Really Plummet to His Death from A Helicopter?
- Was Michael de Guzman's Body Really Eaten by Wild Boars?
No, the real company, Bre-X Minerals Ltd., founded by David Walsh (renamed Kenny Wells in the movie), was a small Calgary-based mining company. It was so small that Walsh initially ran it out of his basement. For legal reasons and to make the story more appealing, the movie relocates the company to Reno, Nevada and calls it Washoe Mining Inc. after...
Yes. "Basically, Bre-X was a shell of a company with almost nonexistent working capital," said David Walsh (the real Kenny Wells) in a March 1997 interview. The Gold true story reveals that prior to his success with Bre-X, Walsh had declared personal bankruptcy in June 1992, $200,000 in debt. "I decided to go into Indonesia, and that's where we sta...
As indicated by the photos at the top of this page, Kenny Wells (Matthew McConaughey) is based on Canadian businessman David Walsh (Matthew McConaughey's character was originally named Kenny Walsh in early iterations of the script). -Financial Post While Edgar Ramírez's character, Michael Acosta, seems to be primarily based on Filipino geologist Mi...
In an industry dominated by big American mining companies, Michael de Guzman struggled for recognition in his field. Despite being very intelligent and having an engineering degree, De Guzman never got a shot at a high-paying job. In researching the Gold movie true story, we learned that it was very hard for Filipinos, even with the right credentia...
No. Since the mining company at the heart of the scandal was actually based out of Canada and not the U.S. like in the movie, Canadian authorities investigated the real case. Toby Kebbell's character is fictional.
Yes. The movie implies Edgar Ramírez's character is not married, when in fact, the real Michael de Guzman had at least four wives all around Asia. His frequent traveling allowed him to keep them a secret from one another. In order to put more focus on the story's main plot points, screenwriters John Zinman and Patrick Massett had to omit this inter...
No. In real-life, David Walsh (the real Kenny Wells) never had to touch a tiger to close a deal. However, for the movie scene, Matthew McConaughey did actually touch a tiger. "They scheduled this scene where I touch this tiger the last scene in the film," says McConaughey. "Now, if you know anything about scheduling, that means if something goes do...
Yes. The Indonesian government under President Suharto (pictured below) noticed the escalating worth of the site. The government stated that a small outfit like Bre-X would have to share the site with a larger company, and the government chose one with ties to President Suharto's family, a Canadian company called Barrick. Suharto brought in his lon...
Yes. Filipino geologist Michael de Guzman, who is renamed Michael Acosta and portrayed by Edgar Ramírez in the movie, did perish after plummeting into the Borneo jungle from a helicopter. I use the word "plummet" because even though many believe he jumped to his death, some believe he was pushed (or even faked his death altogether). It depends on w...
This is the most popular theory for the state his body was found in. After he plummeted from the helicopter to the jungle floor below, his body was discovered with his innards hollowed out and his genitalia gone. Reports state that his body was also handless, footless and faceless (Financial Post). Journalist Jennifer Wells, who had been sent to Bo...
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial stands as a symbol of America's honor and recognition of the men and women who served and sacrificed their lives in the Vietnam War.
Jul 10, 2024 · Richard Louis Crosby III, 37, of Mason, Ohio, pleaded guilty to three counts of Social Security number fraud. His plea agreement includes a sentence recommendation of 37 months in prison. At various times throughout his scheme, Crosby used identifying information belonging to his elderly father, his girlfriend, a deceased man and others.
These are the photos that have been found since WHRO launched our Wall of Faces Initiative in the fall of 2015.
