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ROGER VIRGIL KELLEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 3, 1946 – September 29, 1967
Service recordRoger Virgil Kelley, of La Mesa, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 29, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 29
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supply Administrative Man - Manual Accounting (3041)
- Born
- June 3, 1946
- Home of record
- La Mesa, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 29
- RONALD JOSEPH HUMMSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- JOSEPH JOHN KELLER JRCorporal · September 29, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH KOLLERSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- LESTER LEE MEADOWS JRSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
From La Mesa
- DOUGLAS BRUCE BAUMSergeant · November 18, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH DINAPOLISeaman · December 23, 1967
- JAMES PEYTON CROOKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- PHILLIP DOUGLAS LAFRAMBOISEStaff Sergeant · February 29, 1968
- DIETER RUDOLF VATERPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- MICHAEL MILLER JRPrivate First Class · December 20, 1968
- CRAIG HABERLEINSergeant · June 19, 1969
- RAYMOND TORRESStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1969
- MICHAEL HENRY SHANLEY JRSergeant First Class · December 2, 1969
- KENNETH WAYNE PREVOSTSpecialist Five · March 13, 1970
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.