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KENDRICK KING KELLEY III
Captain · U.S. Army
September 30, 1941 – February 2, 1968
Service recordKendrick King Kelley III, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 30, 1941
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968; five of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
He died in Phong Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 76
- ROBERT GEORGE KEATSCaptain · February 2, 1968
- ROGER EDWARD KELLYLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- RAYMOND EUGENE KRAMERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- JOHN FREDERICK KUIPERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CARL PAYNEMajor · Panel 36E, Line 81
- MICHAEL DEAN STOTLERSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 87
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.