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ERNEST KELLY JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 5, 1936 – December 29, 1966
Service recordErnest Kelly JR, of Bladenboro, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 5, 1936
- Home of record
- Bladenboro, North Carolina (Bladen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 13E, Line 98
- BILLY NEAL HARPERSpecialist Four · December 29, 1966
- RALPH LEE HENDERSONSpecialist Four · December 29, 1966
- JOHN L HOLSTEINPlatoon Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- RICHARD NED LILLISPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL R BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 95
- JAMES BRYAN ELDER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 96
- RALPH LEE HENDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 98
- GARY W PRATHERPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 99
- CHARLES WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 101
From Bladenboro
- FRANK CALLIHAN ELKINSCommander · October 12, 1966
- WILLIE FRAZER SHIPMANPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- DERRIS BROWNSergeant · September 27, 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.