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JOSEPH HOWARD KELLEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 26, 1947 – July 1, 1969
Service recordJoseph Howard Kelley, of Monkton, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 42
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Monkton, Maryland (Baltimore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 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 21W, Line 42
- JOHN WILLIAM HOLLESpecialist Four · July 1, 1969
- ELMER GLENN IRELANDPrivate First Class · July 1, 1969
- STANLEY NIXON IRVINGPrivate · July 1, 1969
- JAMES ALLEN JOHNSONCorporal · July 1, 1969
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.