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KELLY FIELDS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 10, 1948 – May 25, 1968
Service recordKelly Fields, of Pikeville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 69W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 69W · Line 3
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Pikeville, Kentucky (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 69W, Line 3
- THOMAS WILLIAM DULIKLance Corporal · May 25, 1968
- JOHN EUGENE FLASKAMPCorporal · May 25, 1968
- DANIEL JOSEPH FLYNNPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE FORDSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GAZZETT BEN BRUNSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 69W, Line 2
- ALONZO CARLTON COLLIERCorporal · Panel 69W, Line 2
- SAMUEL W PARNELLE IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 67W, Line 3
- DENNIS RAY SWANTAKStaff Sergeant · Panel 67W, Line 5
From Pikeville
- JULIAN THOMAS FIELDSSergeant · May 18, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT HOPKINSSergeant · July 8, 1968
- WILLIAM KENDALL BLACKBURNSergeant · August 16, 1969
- MANNIFRED YATESMajor · September 13, 1969
- DARRELL JACK SMITHSpecialist Four · February 6, 1970
- DON MCCLELLAND JUSTICECorporal · September 7, 1970
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.