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STEPHEN GERE KELLY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 19, 1947 – January 13, 1969
Service recordStephen Gere Kelly, of Waukegan, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1969, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 83
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- 0v-1 Airplane Repairman (67H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Waukegan, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1969; five of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 83
- DARRELL EUGENE HOLDINGPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
- WILLIE JUNIOR MARSHALLSpecialist Four · January 13, 1969
- JOSEPH CRAIG MARTINPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
- DENNIS JAMES MINKUSPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RICHARD ROBERTSSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 85
- DEWITT STUDWAY JRSpecialist Five · Panel 35W, Line 85
- EDDIE WALLACECorporal · Panel 35W, Line 86
- GARY ROBERT WEATHERHEADChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 35W, Line 86
From Waukegan
- WALTER WILLIAM BROWNSpecialist Five · November 5, 1965
- DAVID E BURKESPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- PATRICK JAMES HARRISPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- TERRY ALLEN PATTERSONPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- ROBERT ALLAN BRIEDSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- DANIEL MCCARTHY MANNLieutenant (junior grade) · April 7, 1967
- EDWARD STEVEN SACCOSpecialist Four · July 15, 1967
- PETER JOSEPH CANELAKESPrivate First Class · August 31, 1967
- ERHARDT WILLIAM MATHIESENSergeant · November 22, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE SMRTNIKSergeant · April 18, 1968
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.