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JEROME RICHARD KELLY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 9, 1946 – February 16, 1968
Service recordJerome Richard Kelly, of Cutler, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Cutler, Indiana (Carroll County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1968; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 62
- KENNETH RICHARD JOHNSONLance Corporal · February 16, 1968
- ERNEST FREDERICK LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- WILLIAM ALLEN LEECorporal · February 16, 1968
- GEORGE GERALD LESCARBEAUSpecialist Four · February 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNY LAWRENCE COLTERPrivate · Panel 39E, Line 58
- RICHARD LEE BOSWORTHSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 60
- PAUL MICHAEL ASHSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 61
- ROBERT S HUTCHINSON IIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 39E, Line 61
- ADOLFO LUNASergeant · Panel 39E, Line 63
- ROGER DALE PYNEPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 65
- JOSEPH VICTOR SPELLMANSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 67
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.