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KELLY EUGENE WHITAKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 25, 1947 – November 8, 1965
Service recordKelly Eugene Whitaker, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 38
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3E, Line 38
- JOSEPH ALOYSIOUS CLANCYLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- DAVIS UPTAINPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- GEORGE VINCENTSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- DANNY RUSSELL WARDPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JAMES BELTONSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 29
- BRYANT BRAYBOY JRSergeant First Class · Panel 3E, Line 29
- HERMAN BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 29
- LAWRENCE PAIGE HOWARD JRSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 29
- MAGNO CAMPOSStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 30
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · Panel 3E, Line 30
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 30
- SAMUEL ARLEN EIDSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 30
- GARY LEWIS ELMOREPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 30
- BYRON JAMES FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 31
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 31
- HAROLD GOLDMANPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 31
- KENNETH ERROL GRAHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 31
- LLOYD VINCENT GREENESergeant · Panel 3E, Line 31
- JOSEPH THOMAS HAMILTONPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 32
- JOHN EDWARD HANNIGAN IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 32
- ROBERT WESLEY HARDEN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 32
- CLIFTON WILLIAM HARRINGTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 32
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 32
- RUDOLPH RENE AGUILARPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 33
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 33
- JOHN ALBERT HUGHLETTSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 33
- WAYNE WARREN HUMPHRIESSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 33
- THEODORE R JONES JRSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 33
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JERRY ALLAN HIEMERSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.