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JOE FRANKLIN KELLEY
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
September 9, 1947 – January 28, 1967
Service recordJoe Franklin Kelley, of Applegate, California, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 28, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 92
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 7 MAR
- Born
- September 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Applegate, California (Placer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 92
- FRANCIS PETER JELINEKStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1967
- FRED LEWIS PEDERSENStaff Sergeant · January 28, 1967
- PAUL BRUCE SEVERLOHPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- JAMES LEE STEINEKEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- PEDRO ARNADO SWENSONCorporal · January 28, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
From Applegate
- STANLEY GARWOOD JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · December 3, 1965
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.