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DONALD GLENN KELLY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 22, 1950 – May 19, 1969
Service recordDonald Glenn Kelly, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 54
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 54
- WILLIAM CARL GEARING JRSpecialist Five · May 19, 1969
- BILLY RAY HEADSergeant First Class · May 19, 1969
- THOMAS MARTIN HOFFMANNLance Corporal · May 19, 1969
- JEREMIAH JUNESpecialist Four · May 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH ALAN PAVANSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 55
- THOMAS CHARLES TREIBLECorporal · Panel 24W, Line 55
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.