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JOHN EDWARD KELLETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 23, 1947 – June 17, 1968
Service recordJohn Edward Kellett, of Galva, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 13
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Galva, Illinois (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 13
- MICHAEL JOSEPH KENNEDYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1968
- STEPHEN WILLIAM KURTTIPetty Officer Third Class · June 17, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR LABUNDYSergeant · June 17, 1968
- ALLEN WAYNE LEWISLance Corporal · June 17, 1968
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.