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GEORGE THOMAS KELLY III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 10, 1947 – April 23, 1970
Service recordGeorge Thomas Kelly III, of High Point, North Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 41
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- June 10, 1947
- Home of record
- High Point, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1970; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11W, Line 41
- KENNETH ROLAND JONESFirst Sergeant · April 23, 1970
- DANNY LEONARD LITTLEStaff Sergeant · April 23, 1970
- ALBIN EARL LUCKICaptain · April 23, 1970
- LARRON DAVID MURPHYCaptain · April 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WILLIAM SNELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 42
- ALLEN THOMAS WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 43
From High Point
- CHARLES CLAYBOURN COXSergeant · November 4, 1965
- VICKEY EARL STANLEYPrivate First Class · September 27, 1966
- PHILIP OWEN PARRISHPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- JAMES EARL JENKINSPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- REMBERT CRAWFORD JRStaff Sergeant · February 5, 1968
- FLOYD TYRONE SPENCERSergeant · March 11, 1968
- HASKER LEE NESBITT JRPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- JOHN ULMER MCALISTERStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1968
- MILTON EUGENE FLOWERSCorporal · May 29, 1968
- RONALD LEE MABEPrivate First Class · May 29, 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.