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KEVIN REYNOLDS KELEHER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 12, 1947 – April 30, 1970
Service recordKevin Reynolds Keleher, of Ft Smith, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 74
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 45 MED CO USARV
- Born
- November 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Smith, Arkansas (Sebastian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1970; seven of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “45 MED CO USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 74
- JOHN ROBERT HUNTERWarrant Officer 1 · April 30, 1970
- LARRY NEAL JONESSergeant · April 30, 1970
- LARRY KURT KAISERStaff Sergeant · April 30, 1970
- GLEN LESTER KNOBLOCKCorporal · April 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RAY MARLOWSpecialist Five · Panel 11W, Line 75
- JOHN RAYMOND SMITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 77
From Ft Smith
- KARL EDWARD WORSTCaptain · March 2, 1966
- LEROY KOLB JRPrivate First Class · April 9, 1966
- RICHARD ALLAN MORANLieutenant Commander · August 7, 1966
- MARVIN RAY COLEPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- CHARLES EUGENE METCALFSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- DANNY RAY WESTPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD RICEPrivate · July 28, 1968
- LEDELL JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- WILLIAM ANTHONY HANNAPetty Officer Second Class · February 28, 1969
- ELBERT JAMES SAULSSergeant First Class · March 14, 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.