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JAMES PATRICK KELLY
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 28, 1942 – September 27, 1965
Service recordJames Patrick Kelly, of Hatboro, Pennsylvania, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 95
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Fa Unit Commander (71193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Hatboro, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 95
- PASIA PAIALIISpecialist Four · September 26, 1965
- GARY LEROY SCHEMELPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- LUGENE JACKIE CLARKPrivate · September 27, 1965
- EDWIN JOSEPH FALLOONCorporal · September 27, 1965
Same unit, same day
- HALFORD LOGANPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 96
- JESUS ROSA MARIANOSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 96
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 96
From Hatboro
- HAROLD EDWARD CASHMAN JRSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- RONALD CARLTON SMITHSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
- JOSEPH LANNON JRPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD WRIGHT JRFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN AHLUMCaptain · March 23, 1969
- ROBERT PRESTON RUTTLE JRSpecialist Four · June 5, 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.