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BENJAMIN EDWARD KELLY JR
Captain · U.S. Army
January 31, 1939 – August 30, 1967
Service recordBenjamin Edward Kelly JR, of Cayce, South Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 31, 1939
- Home of record
- Cayce, South Carolina (Lexington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 69
- RALPH MAX KNIGHTSergeant · August 30, 1967
- TERRENCE JOSEPH KUDROPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
- ROY HAMILTON LEACHPrivate · August 30, 1967
- HOWARD S LINDECAMP JRSpecialist Four · August 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALAN JOHN SMITHSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 71
- ROSS W WOOD JRSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 73
From Cayce
- BRUCE WESLEY DUDLEY JRPrivate First Class · January 23, 1968
- CLIFTON OLIVERSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
- FAY CLYDE SIMMONS IIILance Corporal · July 3, 1968
- JOHNNIE LEE BRIGMANPrivate · May 29, 1969
- THOMAS MARCELLUS TAYLORSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- THOMAS ALAN MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · April 22, 1970
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.