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DANA RICHARD KELLEY
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
January 17, 1942 – January 9, 1967
Service recordDana Richard Kelley, of San Carlos, California, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 9, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 130
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- January 17, 1942
- Home of record
- San Carlos, California (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 130
- DAVID LEE BLUNNPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CLEMENSHospitalman · January 9, 1967
- CHESTER DECATUR FEWELLPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- TOM FLANAGANSergeant · January 9, 1967
From San Carlos
- PRESTON JOHN SNYDERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1966
- DAVID WHITTIER MORRILLLieutenant Colonel · March 18, 1967
- RICHARD ALDEN VINALSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- MERWIN LAMPHREY MORRILLLieutenant Colonel · August 21, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH TISCORNIASpecialist Four · November 11, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW VANPATTENFirst Lieutenant · November 25, 1967
- BROCK ROWLAND SCHRAMMPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
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.