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GEORGE ROBERT KELLEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 25, 1950 – July 22, 1970
Service recordGeorge Robert Kelley, of Bellaire, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 43
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Bellaire, Ohio (Belmont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 43
- LYLE ARCHIE KLOEKSpecialist Four · July 22, 1970
- JOHN WILLIAM KRECKELStaff Sergeant · July 22, 1970
- THOMAS ARNOLD LONGPrivate First Class · July 22, 1970
- RONALD ANDREW OLESENSergeant First Class · July 22, 1970
From Bellaire
- JAMES ARTHUR CHRISTYSpecialist Five · August 17, 1966
- GARY PAT POLLEYStaff Sergeant · October 19, 1967
- JAMES DAVID SERENAPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- FRANCIS MARION MONROESergeant · November 22, 1969
- ANDREW MICHAEL SIMKOLieutenant Colonel · April 5, 1970
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.