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JAMES MICHAEL KELSO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 12, 1950 – October 6, 1970
Service recordJames Michael Kelso, of Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 115
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- March 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 115
- RICHARD JOE WATTSLance Corporal · October 5, 1970
- CHARLEY ANDREW WILBORNLance Corporal · October 5, 1970
- MICHAEL DALE GENTRYPrivate First Class · October 6, 1970
- JOHN BERNARD MARTIN IILieutenant · October 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL DALE GENTRYPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 115
- DANNY JEAN SHORESSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 116
From Clifton Heights
- GLEN F BULLOCKFirst Lieutenant · October 10, 1966
- LOUIS VINCENT HERMANN JRPrivate First Class · August 29, 1969
- RICHARD ANTHONY CROCKERSpecialist Four · March 17, 1972
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.