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DENNIS LEROY KELLY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 7, 1944 – August 2, 1968
Service recordDennis Leroy Kelly, of Redondo Beach, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 51
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Redondo Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 51
- LARRY ALLEN JAMERSONCorporal · August 2, 1968
- KENNETH RAY JONESLance Corporal · August 2, 1968
- PETER JOHN LOVANPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- PAUL FRANKLIN LUCETechnical Sergeant · August 2, 1968
From Redondo Beach
- EDMUND FRANCIS THORNELLCaptain · September 10, 1966
- PHILIP HARRY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- EDWARD ARTHUR PAINEPetty Officer Third Class · May 17, 1967
- GREGORY RAY GINGERICHPetty Officer Second Class · May 25, 1967
- ROGER MILTON POIRIERSergeant · August 2, 1967
- CHRISTIAN LARS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- GARY MICHAEL DIAZCorporal · February 4, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH NARDELLISpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- BARRY WAYNE HOOPERLieutenant · March 5, 1968
- KARL LUCASStaff Sergeant · 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.