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JAMES EDWARD KELLY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 3, 1948 – July 3, 1969
Service recordJames Edward Kelly, of Westmoreland, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 52
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Westmoreland, Virginia (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 52
- GARLAND DALE FLOYDCorporal · July 3, 1969
- STEPHEN CARL HARRELLSpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
- ROBERT STANLEY HOLLEY IIISpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
- DUANE RICHARD KEILSergeant · July 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANNIE ARTHUR CARRSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 50
- AMOS LEVERN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 57
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.