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GLENN ERROLL KELLY
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 13, 1951 – January 5, 1971
Service recordGlenn Erroll Kelly, of North Brookfield, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 27
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- May 13, 1951
- Home of record
- North Brookfield, New York (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 27
- LARRY OWEN HARDENSpecialist Four · January 5, 1971
- DOUGLAS BRIAN KENTSergeant · January 5, 1971
- JOHN WILLIAM LYNCH IIIWarrant Officer 1 · January 5, 1971
- RODNEY EUGENE MORGANPrivate First Class · January 5, 1971
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.