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D J KELSEY
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 7, 1930 – April 3, 1969
Service recordD J Kelsey, of Lawton, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 6
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 7, 1930
- Home of record
- Lawton, Oklahoma (Comanche County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1969
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 6
- ARTHUR GENE ECKLUNDMajor · April 3, 1969
- ROBERT THOMAS JOHNSONSergeant · April 3, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD KLCOSpecialist Four · April 3, 1969
- EDWARD FRANCIS MORRILLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LONDON CONAWAYCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 4
- ROBERT THOMAS JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 6
- ROBERT NICHOLAS PRETESergeant · Panel 27W, Line 7
From Lawton
- ARNOLD DEAN KNIFFINMajor · June 1, 1964
- CLYDE DAVID TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · January 5, 1966
- ALBERT C ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM EMMETTSergeant First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILFRED ALCIDE DOIRONPlatoon Sergeant · June 22, 1966
- RUSSELL EUGENE PESEWONITPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- HULSA D WOLFEStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1967
- LAWRENCE RAY LASITERStaff Sergeant · June 19, 1967
- DOUGLAS WAYNE HILLPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- JOHN DAVID MERRIMANSecond Lieutenant · August 31, 1967
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.