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GREGORY RICHARD KELLY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 10, 1947 – April 6, 1968
Service recordGregory Richard Kelly, of North East, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 28
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 10, 1947
- Home of record
- North East, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 28
- JOHN BERNARD HURTADOCaptain · April 6, 1968
- ALLAN HAROLD JORDANFirst Lieutenant · April 6, 1968
- WALTER EDWARD JOYCE JRPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- ROBERT BARD KERCHNERSergeant · April 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD DAVID SPARKSPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 35
From North East
- EDWARD M SELKREGG IIILance Corporal · October 10, 1967
- JOSEPH ALLESSIEStaff Sergeant · November 25, 1968
- GERALD REID CARRSpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
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.