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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Paul Glen Kelley.

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PAUL GLEN KELLEY

Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

June 11, 1932 – November 24, 1970

Service record

Paul Glen Kelley, of Abilene, Texas, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 24, 1970, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 6W · Line 81

Position of Panel 6W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
Service
Regular
Born
June 11, 1932
Home of record
Abilene, Texas (Multiple County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 24, 1970
Age
38
Province
Phong Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

17 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1970; three of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 6W, Line 81

From Abilene

All 33 names from Abilene →

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.