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SEEBER J KELLY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 14, 1948 – April 30, 1968
Service recordSeeber J Kelly, of Lake Wales, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 16
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Lake Wales, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 16
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- PAUL CONRAD JOHNSONSergeant · April 30, 1968
- DALE LYNN KRUSEPetty Officer Third Class · April 30, 1968
- LARRY JAMES LEINDECKERSeaman · April 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MANUEL MOORESpecialist Five · Panel 53E, Line 18
- JEROME RAWLINGSSpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 22
- ROBERT LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 26
From Lake Wales
- THOMAS WAYNE PETERSONPetty Officer Second Class · May 26, 1968
- RUDY AVON CARNLEYSpecialist Four · May 29, 1969
- WALTER LEE REDDINGPrivate First Class · August 11, 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.