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CLIFFORD EARL KELSEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 30, 1948 – May 23, 1967
Service recordClifford Earl Kelsey, of Newaygo, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Newaygo, Michigan (Newaygo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 91
- JOSEPH DEWARD KINGPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- CURTIS OWENS MATIERSpecialist Four · May 23, 1967
- TERRANCE WILLIAM NELSONWarrant Officer 1 · May 23, 1967
- THOMAS EDWIN PETTISLieutenant (junior grade) · May 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JAMES BOHMERSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 89
From Newaygo
- DOYLE EDWARD HOLTZLANDERSpecialist Four · April 26, 1966
- GARRY LEE REICHARDPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT SHERWOODPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- PAUL BARKLEY BOWMANCaptain · January 31, 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.