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MICHAEL JOSEPH KELLY JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 27, 1948 – April 25, 1969
Service recordMichael Joseph Kelly JR, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 46
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
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 46
- SAMUEL ALONZO BESSENTSpecialist Four · April 25, 1969
- CLAYBURN MCGEE HATCHERSpecialist Five · April 25, 1969
- EMERSON E HELLERLieutenant Colonel · April 25, 1969
- LARRY DEAN JOHNSONSergeant · April 25, 1969
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1966
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.