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JAMES STEWART KELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 25, 1948 – October 18, 1967
Service recordJames Stewart Kell, of Montebello, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 36
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Montebello, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 36
- TERRY HOWARD FENENGACorporal · October 18, 1967
- NATHANIEL HARRISSpecialist Four · October 18, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM INGELSPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- OWEN C KELLEYSpecialist Four · October 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- OWEN C KELLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 36
- ROBERT BRUCE PETERSENCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 38
From Montebello
- GARY LEROY WESSELMANWarrant Officer 1 · April 19, 1967
- WILLIAM DAVID MORELANDMajor · January 16, 1968
- REGINALD JOSEPH RODRIGUEZLance Corporal · February 17, 1969
- THOMAS LAMONTE DIVES JRWarrant Officer 1 · August 2, 1969
- JOE FRANK GAYOSSOPrivate First Class · May 21, 1971
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.