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JAMES DANIEL MCKELVEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 9, 1947 – May 27, 1968
Service recordJames Daniel McKelvey, of Florence, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 12
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Florence, Alabama (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 12
- BILLY JOE MCCARTYCorporal · May 27, 1968
- TIMOTHY PATRICK MCGUIRELance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES MCNAMARALance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- THOMAS HAROLD NERINIPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY ANTHONY CARAVETTAPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 5
- TOM GALVEZCorporal · Panel 65W, Line 7
- FRANK WILLIAM GARAPOLOPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 7
- JOHN RICHARD LINDELCorporal · Panel 65W, Line 11
- CARL GENE WARDSergeant · Panel 64W, Line 3
From Florence
- PHILLIP DON CHILDERSFirst Lieutenant · May 28, 1965
- FELIX DELOACH KING JRSecond Lieutenant · November 6, 1965
- SAMUEL EARL COKERPrivate · November 14, 1965
- ROBERT LEE MCCAIGSpecialist Four · May 8, 1966
- ROGER JERREL BRYANTPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- PAUL ONEAL BROWNStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1966
- JAMES LARRY EVANSFirst Lieutenant · March 22, 1967
- DANNY JOE WILSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1966
- RICHARD J GLENNFirst Lieutenant · February 8, 1968
- EDWARD LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
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.