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MICHAEL EUGENE KELLY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 21, 1950 – March 1, 1970
Service recordMichael Eugene Kelly, of Rolling Prairie, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 71
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Rolling Prairie, Indiana (La Porte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 71
- SAMMY WAYNE GOLDMANLance Corporal · March 1, 1970
- JIMMIE LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 1, 1970
- HERBERT WHEELER KLUGSpecialist Four · March 1, 1970
- LARRY DUANE LEITCHChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROGER JAMES ROWELLSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 72
From Rolling Prairie
- GREGORY ALLEN TUHOLSKIPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
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.