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JOHN EDWARD KELLY JR
Captain · U.S. Army
September 14, 1943 – July 25, 1969
Service recordJohn Edward Kelly JR, of Bismarck, North Dakota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 44
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Bismarck, North Dakota (Burleigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 44
- WILLIAM LEWIS HAAKLance Corporal · July 25, 1969
- RONNIE LEE HERRIMANSpecialist Four · July 25, 1969
- MICHAEL JENNINGSLance Corporal · July 25, 1969
- CURTIS JONESPrivate First Class · July 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY DARRELL COURTNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 43
From Bismarck
- ROY CARL WAGNERSpecialist Four · October 2, 1967
- CHESTER LEROY COONSPetty Officer Second Class · February 17, 1968
- PATRICK JOSEPH MCCABEMaster Sergeant · May 6, 1968
- DEWAYNE MICHAEL SELBYPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- ERNEST E BARTOLINA JRCaptain · February 7, 1969
- DONALD GENE VOLLMERSpecialist Five · November 2, 1969
- GLENN ERVIN MAIERFireman · July 11, 1970
- JAMES ALAN FOWLERLieutenant Colonel · June 6, 1972
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.