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FATHIES KELLY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 8, 1947 – December 16, 1967
Service recordFathies Kelly JR, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 10
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 8, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1967; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 10
- JAMES COMPTON GROOVERPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- JAMES YBARRA HIDALGOSpecialist Five · December 16, 1967
- VIRGIL LEMAR HITERPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- JAMES CURTIS HOUGHTONSpecialist Four · December 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES COMPTON GROOVERPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 10
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.