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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Douglas John Kelly.

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DOUGLAS JOHN KELLY

Captain · U.S. Army

April 7, 1937 – December 4, 1967

Service record

Douglas John Kelly, of Salisbury, Massachusetts, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 31E · Line 35

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Captain (CPT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
Born
April 7, 1937
Home of record
Salisbury, Massachusetts (Essex County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 4, 1967
Age
30
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

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41 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 31E, Line 35

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.