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MICHAEL PATRICK KELLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 12, 1946 – March 26, 1967
Service recordMichael Patrick Kelley, of Decatur, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 52
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Born
- July 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Decatur, Illinois (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 52
- JOHN R HUBBARDSergeant Major · March 26, 1967
- JOHN HENRY JAMES JRSpecialist Four · March 26, 1967
- RICHARD S JOHNSON JRSecond Lieutenant · March 26, 1967
- RANCE A KIRBYCaptain · March 26, 1967
From Decatur
- ROGER HUGH MULLINSLieutenant Commander · February 17, 1960
- HERBERT J DEXTERMajor · September 18, 1965
- JAMES DARRELL WHITE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- WILLIAM PATRICK FORANLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- RONALD THOMAS SHELTONCaptain · April 10, 1966
- BRYAN B STOCKWELLPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- JOHN RUSSELL SMITHLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- CARL GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- STEPHEN RAY BANGERTLance Corporal · March 2, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · March 18, 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.