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JOHN PATRICK KELLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 21, 1947 – April 27, 1968
Service recordJohn Patrick Kelley, of Middletown, Rhode Island, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Middletown, Rhode Island (Newport County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 27
- DONALD EDWARD ANGERMANPrivate First Class · April 27, 1968
- ROBERT BADCOCKStaff Sergeant · April 27, 1968
- CHARLES JOSEPH BONGARTZPrivate First Class · April 27, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES BOWDERN JRSpecialist Four · April 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE EDGAR JACOBSSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 30
From Middletown
- ROBERT C LAVALLEE JRPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
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.