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JAMES DANIEL KELLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 13, 1948 – September 19, 1968
Service recordJames Daniel Kelley, of Greeneville, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 38
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Greeneville, Tennessee (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 38
- TED RAY JAMISONPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- DAVID CURTIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- MARK ALAN KNOLLMEYERLance Corporal · September 19, 1968
- JOHN LEWIS KROLLance Corporal · September 19, 1968
From Greeneville
- DONALD JAY FILLERSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- WILLIAM CUTSHAWPrivate First Class · January 17, 1966
- ROBERT MASONLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- CHARLES OTTIS NEALSergeant · October 10, 1967
- HAROLD CLIFFORD STILLSPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
- ROBERT LEE ALEXANDERLieutenant Colonel · October 31, 1969
- DONNIE JAY SWATSELLPrivate First Class · February 2, 1970
- RAE KELLAND RIPPETOELance Corporal · November 14, 1970
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.