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EDDIE RALPH KELLEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 23, 1948 – March 19, 1969
Service recordEddie Ralph Kelley, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 80
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 80
- JESUS ENCARNACION-BETENCOURTSpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
- LOREN CECIL JONESCorporal · March 19, 1969
- FLOYD MILTON KEEFEGunnery Sergeant · March 19, 1969
- BARRY LORENZ KOPPLance Corporal · March 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JACKIE LEE DAVISONPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 74
- KENNETH ROBERT EYRINGFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 77
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.