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RONALD KEITH KELSEY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
August 1, 1942 – December 12, 1970
Service recordRonald Keith Kelsey, of Troy, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 12, 1970, in Laos, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 117
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- August 1, 1942
- Home of record
- Troy, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1970. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 117
- LUTHER GREEN JRPrivate First Class · December 12, 1970
- CARLOS RIVERA JRPrivate First Class · December 12, 1970
- OWEN GEORGE SKINNERColonel · December 12, 1970
- JOHNNY DELBERT VERSCHEURESpecialist Four · December 12, 1970
From Troy
- STANLEY LEROY MOORECorporal · June 11, 1966
- MICHAEL JON MARSHMANPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- JOSEPH VINCENT ZELINSKIPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- DONALD RICHARD BUSHONGSergeant · July 14, 1968
- HAROLD JOHN KLUSENDORFLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL RUDITYSCorporal · February 24, 1969
- J C REELPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- RONALD JAMES KILLINGPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- LARRY HOWARD BRINKEYSpecialist Five · May 6, 1969
- THOMAS MARK MCMAHON JRSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.