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GERALD JOHN KELLY JR
Captain · U.S. Army
June 12, 1945 – May 14, 1969
Service recordGerald John Kelly JR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 7
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 7
- MICHAEL ALAN HUNTLEYSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- GERALD RICHARD HWANGStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1969
- RONNIE WAYNE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- JAMES CLAIRE KOPSENGStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL THOMAS ABNEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 114
- TOMMY LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 1
- MARK JOSEPH GIRONPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 5
- RUFUS NEWTON STEVENSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 13
- LARRY STEVEN WEILFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 14
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.