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ALTON DELANEY KELLOGG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 6, 1942 – December 19, 1968
Service recordAlton Delaney Kellogg, of Bossier City, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 45
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 6, 1942
- Home of record
- Bossier City, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 45
- BEN HERVEY IDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 19, 1968
- JOHN ANTHONY KOCAKFirst Lieutenant · December 19, 1968
- DENNIS RAY MAXWELLCorporal · December 19, 1968
- LAWRENCE ORTIZ JRCorporal · December 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LANNY LAMAR WESSONSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 47
From Bossier City
- WALLACE LEE OGEASergeant · November 20, 1967
- CHARLIE REUBEN MILLER JRPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- DENNIS BEDELLE BLACKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1968
- HERBERT WALTERPrivate First Class · September 30, 1969
- ARTHUR NORMAN WELCHLance Corporal · November 14, 1969
- DOLROY FRANCIESPrivate First Class · December 1, 1969
- ISSAC DAVID FAUGHNStaff Sergeant · December 7, 1969
- JAMES WALTER MYLESSpecialist Four · June 4, 1971
- ARNOLD JOHN RAHMCaptain · April 19, 1972
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.