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PATRICK JOSEPH KELLY JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 28, 1931 – February 28, 1966
Service recordPatrick Joseph Kelly JR, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- September 28, 1931
- Home of record
- Dorchester, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 86
- JAMES FRANCIS HUBISZPrivate · February 28, 1966
- ARTHUR JAMES JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MARSHALL JESSIEPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- CHARLES JOHNSONCorporal · February 28, 1966
From Dorchester
- JACK RABINOVITZCorporal · February 23, 1966
- MICHAEL DAVID BURTPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KANEPrivate · September 21, 1966
- JOSEPH ROBERT WALLENLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- MARK MICHAEL MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- WAVERIE HUGH BUCHANANLance Corporal · March 17, 1967
- FREDERICK ALFRED MCMAHONCorporal · May 4, 1967
- GERALD FRANCIS MCDONALDCorporal · May 26, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK COLLOPYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- KEVIN ANTHONY PORTERFirst Lieutenant · November 21, 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.