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ROBERT MICHAEL KELLY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 9, 1949 – March 21, 1970
Service recordRobert Michael Kelly, of San Pedro, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 30
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 9, 1949
- Home of record
- San Pedro, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1970; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 30
- JOHN THOMAS GUTEKUNSTSergeant · March 21, 1970
- EDWARD MONROE HUDGENSMajor · March 21, 1970
- JOHN PERRY MALLOYChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 21, 1970
- THOMAS WAYNE UNDERWOODStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PERRY MALLOYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 12W, Line 30
- FREDDIE D MIZESergeant · Panel 12W, Line 32
From San Pedro
- PAUL JOSEPH MARQUEZSpecialist Four · September 9, 1965
- DONALD STEPHEN NEWTONSergeant First Class · February 26, 1966
- MOLIMAU ASOMALIU TELASergeant · April 13, 1966
- DOUGLAS ELLSWORTH NICHOLSFirst Lieutenant · February 27, 1967
- RALPH PAUL VILLEGASPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- STEVE BUTOROVICCorporal · May 2, 1968
- FREDDIE JOE CIGARPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- LAWRENCE PINALESLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HEEPLieutenant · August 24, 1968
- DAVID PATRICK DOLANLance Corporal · January 26, 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.