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RICHARD LANE KELTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 6, 1949 – November 16, 1970
Service recordRichard Lane Kelton, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 64
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 64
- MICHAEL KIRK JOHNSONCorporal · November 16, 1970
- DEXTER JOSEPH LOMBASPrivate First Class · November 16, 1970
- JAMES FRANCIS RILEYPrivate First Class · November 16, 1970
- JOHN MARSHALL ROEPrivate First Class · November 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DEXTER JOSEPH LOMBASPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 64
- JAMES FRANCIS RILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 64
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.