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GREGORY PAUL KELLY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 30, 1944 – June 10, 1967
Service recordGregory Paul Kelly, of La Crescenta, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 10, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- July 30, 1944
- Home of record
- La Crescenta, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 83
- JAMES LEWIS HAMLETPrivate First Class · June 10, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL LOSOPrivate First Class · June 10, 1967
- JIMMIE HUGH MANTOOTHLance Corporal · June 10, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM MAZZALance Corporal · June 10, 1967
From La Crescenta
- MICHAEL ANTHONY NAJARIANHospitalman · June 18, 1966
- PATRICK OWEN QUINNLance Corporal · November 25, 1966
- JOHN PATRICK LEESpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- CALLEN JAMES COURTEMANCHECorporal · January 31, 1968
- STEPHEN ARTHUR GOLSHSergeant · March 21, 1970
- WARREN RICHARD SPENCERMajor · December 20, 1972
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.