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MICHAEL DENNIS KELLY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 29, 1949 – August 6, 1969
Service recordMichael Dennis Kelly, of Big Rapids, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Big Rapids, Michigan (Mecosta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 102
- GEORGE ELMER CANNON SRStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1969
- STANLEY BERNARD HOJNOWSKISpecialist Four · August 6, 1969
- ROBERT BAILEY HOWARDChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 6, 1969
- BOBBY JOE JONESStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN FRANCIS CRIKELAIRSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 101
From Big Rapids
- JOHN BOWERS WORCESTERLieutenant Commander · October 19, 1965
- JEFFERY COLIN SETTLEMYREPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- THOMAS FREDRICK RAY JRCorporal · October 25, 1968
- KENNETH DOUGLAS HAYSSpecialist Five · January 27, 1969
- GREGORY ALLEN GYDESENCorporal · December 17, 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.