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LYLE FRANCIS KELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 5, 1950 – December 2, 1969
Service recordLyle Francis Kell, of Wood Dale, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 19
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Wood Dale, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 19
- EDWARD LEON NEALSergeant First Class · December 2, 1969
- ALFRED PICKARDPrivate First Class · December 2, 1969
- RUSSELL THOMAS PICKERINGSecond Lieutenant · December 2, 1969
- FRANCISCO M TRUJILLOCorporal · December 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH WILLIAM BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 15
From Wood Dale
- CONRAD THOMAS LANGELance Corporal · June 9, 1967
- THOMAS JOHN MEADPrivate First Class · June 3, 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.