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CHARLES WESLEY KELLY
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
January 11, 1928 – January 17, 1967
Service recordCharles Wesley Kelly, of Toms River, New Jersey, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 17, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 44
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ldo (6302)
- Born
- January 11, 1928
- Home of record
- Toms River, New Jersey (Ocean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1967
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 44
- LARRY GENE GRAYPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- JAMES ARNOLD HARDENSpecialist Four · January 17, 1967
- YVON ANDRE HEBERTCorporal · January 17, 1967
- KENTON DON KNAPPPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
From Toms River
- PETER GARY SCAVUZZOLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD LILLEYSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- RICHARD LARRY MCCLAINPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
- CHARLES FAIRCHILD GODFREYSpecialist Four · January 1, 1970
- GARY EDWARD JENSENSpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
- GEORGE HOWARD GLAWSON JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 1, 1971
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.