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STEPHEN JAMES KELLY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 13, 1950 – August 12, 1969
Service recordStephen James Kelly, of Sterling, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- April 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Sterling, Illinois (Whiteside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; 27 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 16
- GARY LEE HOSKINSPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- JAMES LARRY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- GENE RAYMOND KOSKIStaff Sergeant · August 12, 1969
- CECIL WAYNE LAMBERTLance Corporal · August 12, 1969
From Sterling
- ALVIN JAMES DIMONDCaptain · June 11, 1965
- DAVID ARTHUR GRAYSecond Lieutenant · April 14, 1967
- GARY ALLEN LUTTRELLSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- JERRY CELLETTICorporal · August 27, 1968
- HANS LOTHAR MILLSSpecialist Five · May 18, 1969
- JOHN R NAUGHTON JRSpecialist Four · November 25, 1969
- DANIEL ROBERT TROYESergeant · March 28, 1970
- LEONARD WAYNE KNOXSpecialist Four · September 29, 1970
- STEPHEN CHARLES SELLETTWarrant Officer 1 · December 1, 1970
- JACK EDWARD SEARINGWarrant Officer 1 · October 17, 1971
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.