Wally Welch was born in Sanderson, Texas on March 24, 1947 to Lewis Welch, a conductor for Amtrak, and Betty Welch, a housewife. Wally has two younger siblings. At 18 years old, Wally joined the military, where he trained as an air traffic controller during the Vietnam War. After his honorable discharge, Wally and his then wife, Esther, moved to ...