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DANIEL MARTIN KELLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 22, 1947 – April 25, 1968
Service recordDaniel Martin Kelley, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Dorchester, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 52E, Line 6
- RONALD JAMES COLONESpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- DONALD RAY HANNACorporal · April 25, 1968
- DENNIS WAYNE HOFFPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
- JAMES OAKLEY JAYNESLance Corporal · April 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JACK BITTINGSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 2
- LINDEN DALE EILER JRCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 4
- ERVIN JAMES HOYTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 52E, Line 4
- HUBIA JUDE GUILLORYPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 5
- JAMES D KENDALLSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 7
- MICHAEL PATRICK MAKUCKSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 7
- BOLEN PONDEXDER MCGEESpecialist Five · Panel 52E, Line 8
- JERRY DOYNE MCMANUSCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 9
- DAVID LEE SCOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 11
- KENNETH GLENN SPENCERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 52E, Line 11
From Dorchester
- JACK RABINOVITZCorporal · February 23, 1966
- PATRICK JOSEPH KELLY JRSergeant · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL DAVID BURTPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KANEPrivate · September 21, 1966
- JOSEPH ROBERT WALLENLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- MARK MICHAEL MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- WAVERIE HUGH BUCHANANLance Corporal · March 17, 1967
- FREDERICK ALFRED MCMAHONCorporal · May 4, 1967
- GERALD FRANCIS MCDONALDCorporal · May 26, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK COLLOPYPrivate First Class · July 15, 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.