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ERNEST CALVIN KELLY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 7, 1942 – January 1, 1966
Service recordErnest Calvin Kelly, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 48
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 7, 1942
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 48
- HAROLD DUANE BARNESSpecialist Four · January 1, 1966
- EDWARD STEPHEN STEFFEKPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES MCKINSONCorporal · January 2, 1966
- LARRY JOSEPH NADEAUPrivate · January 2, 1966
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
- THOMAS KENNETH EMMONSLance Corporal · March 5, 1966
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.