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EDMUND JOSEPH KELLY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 26, 1940 – May 22, 1968
Service recordEdmund Joseph Kelly, of Wilson, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 22, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 12
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- March 26, 1940
- Home of record
- Wilson, North Carolina (Wilson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1968; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 65E, Line 12
- DANIEL JAMES KEATING JRMajor · May 22, 1968
- CHARLES S KIRKLAND JRLance Corporal · May 22, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD KNEBELChief Master Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER LANDIS KURTZPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
From Wilson
- AMOS CARLTON WATSONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- RUDOLPH WHITAKERPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- HORACE POPE ROGERS JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
- RONNIE LEE BRAYLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- JAMES JUNIUS RUFFINSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- ARCHIE LEE COOPERLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- WILBUR CORNELL GASKINSPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- CHARLES WORTH MILLARDChief Warrant Officer 4 · April 19, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY TAYLORCaptain · May 23, 1968
- HENRY EDWIN BENTON JRFirst Lieutenant · August 17, 1968
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.