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BRIAN RICHARD KELLY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 22, 1950 – June 2, 1969
Service recordBrian Richard Kelly, of South Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 2, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 22, 1950
- Home of record
- South Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 45
- PAUL CHALMERS JANTOPrivate First Class · June 2, 1969
- JOSEPH GUY LAPOINTE JRSpecialist Four · June 2, 1969
- ROBERT HARRISON MARTIN JRPrivate First Class · June 2, 1969
- MICHAEL MONTIJOCorporal · June 2, 1969
From South Boston
- FRANK CHARLES HUBICSAKPrivate First Class · September 23, 1966
- JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUNLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- JOHN PAUL JACOBSCorporal · February 7, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH STEWARTPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- BURTON W PETERSON JRLance Corporal · April 5, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS DESMONDPrivate First Class · November 8, 1968
- JOHN HENRY COLEPrivate First Class · November 10, 1968
- RICHARD JOHN BOROVICKSpecialist Four · January 2, 1969
- DONALD JOHN TURNERLance Corporal · January 21, 1969
- JOSEPH JOHN AGRI JRLance Corporal · April 19, 1969
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.