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JOHNNIE WOODROW KELLEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 7, 1946 – September 4, 1967
Service recordJohnnie Woodrow Kelley, of Galien, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 4, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 102
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Galien, Michigan (Berrien County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 102
- CHARLES BRENT HORTONLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- LESLIE VERNARD HURLEBAUSCorporal · September 4, 1967
- JULIO A IGLESIAS IIICorporal · September 4, 1967
- WILLIAM EDGAR JERKINSAirman First Class · September 4, 1967
From Galien
- CARL THOMAS MURDOCKLance Corporal · May 15, 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.