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JOE DUSTIN KELLY
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 22, 1941 – March 18, 1966
Service recordJoe Dustin Kelly, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 18, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 21
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 4 MAR
- Born
- September 22, 1941
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “G CO 2 BN 4 MAR”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 21
- RAYMOND CHARLES MARTINSergeant · March 18, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 1966
- ENRICO HENRY PAGNANO JRSergeant · March 18, 1966
- JIMMIE TAVY SMILEYSergeant · March 18, 1966
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.