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JAMES KEVIN KELLY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 16, 1949 – August 19, 1968
Service recordJames Kevin Kelly, of Rosedale, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 57
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- March 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Rosedale, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 57
- JAMES MICHAEL KARRASSergeant · August 19, 1968
- DWAYNE ELBERT KEVERSergeant · August 19, 1968
- ALVIN HUGH LANGFORDSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
- JOE EDDIE LOFTONSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
From Rosedale
- BRADLEY JAMES CARSONPrivate First Class · September 18, 1967
- WALTER WILLIAM ROSOLIECorporal · March 31, 1968
- ROBERT LEONARD JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD BOONESpecialist Four · September 6, 1968
- ROY ROBERT KOENIGCorporal · October 7, 1968
- JOSEPH G AUTORINO JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.