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ROBERT LOUIS KELLAS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 16, 1944 – January 28, 1968
Service recordRobert Louis Kellas, of Arlington, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Arlington, Virginia (Arlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1968; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 55
- DAVID ALAN MARKSSpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN MEREIDERPrivate First Class · January 28, 1968
- WALTER JOSEPH MIKOSZ JRCorporal · January 28, 1968
- WILLIAM HOWARD MOORE IIISpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHNIE RAY BARBERSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 53
- JAMES EDWARD WAGNERSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 58
From Arlington
- DAVID WEBSTERMajor · March 10, 1963
- THOMAS THEODORE MCLARNONSergeant · May 29, 1965
- JOHN THOMAS STICHERWarrant Officer 1 · December 6, 1965
- JOHN HENRY FULCHERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- KEITH ALLEN CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1967
- GEORGE ELLIS BYRDPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY OSBORN JONESAirman First Class · February 27, 1967
- LEROY PRESTON BOHRERMajor · March 9, 1967
- ANDREW THOMAS CASTELDASpecialist Four · March 12, 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.