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BERNARD JAMES KELLEY
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 1, 1928 – May 22, 1965
Service recordBernard James Kelley, of Roslyn, New York, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 122
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 1, 1928
- Home of record
- Roslyn, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1965
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1965. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 122
- ROBERT SANCHEZ FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · May 20, 1965
- JIMMY CLIFORD STINNETTSeaman · May 21, 1965
- RONALD IRWIN KRAUSSAirman Second Class · May 22, 1965
- HARRY RAY SWIGERSergeant First Class · May 22, 1965
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL WILLIAM CONDONCaptain · Panel 1E, Line 121
- TROY LEE WATERSSpecialist Four · Panel 1E, Line 123
From Roslyn
- ROBERT JOSEPH GRANDESpecialist Four · December 18, 1967
- ARTHUR J WEINPERCorporal · April 8, 1968
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.