The Wall › Panel 11E › Oklahoma › Joe C Kelley
JOE C KELLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 11, 1945 – October 1, 1966
Service recordJoe C Kelley, of Stilwell, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 33
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Stilwell, Oklahoma (Adair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 33
- LEROY FRAZIERPrivate First Class · October 1, 1966
- WENDELL RAY GRIZZLEPrivate First Class · October 1, 1966
- JOE HOWARD MOOREHEADSpecialist Five · October 1, 1966
- TRAVIS EDWARD NUNNERYPrivate First Class · October 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LEROY FRAZIERPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 33
- TRAVIS EDWARD NUNNERYPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 33
From Stilwell
- EDWARD EUGENE CHRISTIEPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- DALE EDWARD SHIRLEYPrivate First Class · March 11, 1968
- ALFRED LEE BRADLEYSergeant · September 25, 1970
- SAMMY FLOYD ISAACSPrivate First Class · March 13, 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.