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CHRISTOPHER KELLY
Private · U.S. Army
September 3, 1947 – August 3, 1969
Service recordChristopher Kelly, of Church Point, Louisiana, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on August 3, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 92
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Born
- September 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Church Point, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 92
- DAVID ROBERT KINKWarrant Officer 1 · August 3, 1969
- GLEN ALLAN MILLINGERSergeant · August 3, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD MORTON JRMajor · August 3, 1969
- DAVID HENRY SHERLOCKFirst Lieutenant · August 3, 1969
From Church Point
- WENDELL GUILLORYPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- ANDRUS JAMES BLANCHARDSpecialist Four · January 13, 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.