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DOUGLAS MILTON KELLY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 22, 1946 – July 28, 1968
Service recordDouglas Milton Kelly, of Dickinson, North Dakota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 28, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 24
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Dickinson, North Dakota (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 24
- JERRY LEE GRAVESCorporal · July 28, 1968
- RAY GLENWOOD HAWKPrivate First Class · July 28, 1968
- GEORGE STEPHEN JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
- FREDERICK JOSEPH KRUPINSKISergeant · July 28, 1968
From Dickinson
- FRANCIS EDWARD GEIGERCaptain · July 23, 1965
- MICHAEL HENRY KESSELLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES DONALD WENDTSpecialist Four · June 5, 1968
- JON PARIS ROBBINSSpecialist Five · February 23, 1969
- DENNIS LEE MEDUNASpecialist Four · June 1, 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.