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JOEL RAY KELLY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 15, 1943 – May 13, 1969
Service recordJoel Ray Kelly, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 97
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 15, 1943
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 97
- KENNETH T CRUISE JRStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1969
- MARTIN LEO DAMITIOSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- WILLIAM CLINT DICKERSONStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN DOMINKOWITZCorporal · May 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HARRY WILLIAM KERKSTRASpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 103
- ROBERT SUSUMU MASUDAStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 106
- DAVID LOUIE MUNOZSergeant First Class · Panel 25W, Line 107
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.