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DEWEY WILLIAM KELLEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 29, 1936 – May 23, 1966
Service recordDewey William Kelley, of Lancaster, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 105
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Supply Specialist (76K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 29, 1936
- Home of record
- Lancaster, South Carolina (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 105
- CLYDE ARTHUR CROWStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- GARY LESLIE CALDWELLPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM DANIEL GILLPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- LOUIS RIDINGSStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1966
From Lancaster
- PATRICK DONOVAN LUCASSpecialist Four · July 15, 1967
- ERNEST ELIJAH POLSTONPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- JOHN PAUL CULPSecond Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- MICHAEL S LANEFirst Lieutenant · February 5, 1968
- RICHARD EDWIN WALTERSSecond Lieutenant · November 19, 1969
- CLARENCE EUGENE BAKERSergeant · November 30, 1970
- TED JAMES TAYLORCaptain · July 15, 1971
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.