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JOHN WILLIAM SIDNEY G KELLY
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 19, 1945 – February 15, 1970
Service recordJohn William Sidney G Kelly, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 15
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 15
- RAYMOND DALE BRAGGCorporal · February 15, 1970
- DAVID HENRY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · February 15, 1970
- JOHN MARKSLance Corporal · February 15, 1970
- CHARLES EARL MELTONPrivate · February 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY MAC COONSSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 14
- ROBERT GENE OCONNELLCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 17
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.