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MILTON GEORGE KELSEY
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
October 16, 1943 – November 14, 1967
Service recordMilton George Kelsey, of Madelia, Minnesota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 14, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 95
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh/M/L/A Uh-1n Qualified (I) (7563)
- Born
- October 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Madelia, Minnesota (Watonwan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1967; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 95
- RALEIGH L HEWITT IIWarrant Officer 1 · November 14, 1967
- BRUNO ARTHUR HOCHMUTHMajor General · November 14, 1967
- PAUL EDWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Five · November 14, 1967
- ROBERT GENE KIMMELLieutenant Colonel · November 14, 1967
From Madelia
- MICHAEL EDWARD QUINNLieutenant Commander · November 22, 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.