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TERRY LEON KELLY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 28, 1950 – June 17, 1971
Service recordTerry Leon Kelly, of Santa Cruz, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1971, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Santa Cruz, California (Santa Cruz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 79
- WAYNE JAMES BILLEAUDSpecialist Five · June 17, 1971
- DAVID LEE CURTISSpecialist Four · June 17, 1971
- ERNEST DWIGHT HART JRPrivate First Class · June 17, 1971
- HAROLD EUGENE IMLER JRSpecialist Four · June 17, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE JAMES BILLEAUDSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 79
From Santa Cruz
- DARYL LAVERNE KEENPetty Officer Third Class · July 16, 1965
- VINCENT LOCATELLIPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- STEPHEN MARK PASHMANPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- LEO BUDDY BUCKHOLDTPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- RAINFORD TIFFINMajor · July 21, 1966
- RONALD JOE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · December 17, 1966
- RONALD RUNYAN KINGLieutenant Colonel · October 3, 1967
- JACK WILEY MCKINNON JRSpecialist Four · January 3, 1968
- WILTON RAY PICKETTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- GEORGE WALTER SKAKELSergeant · March 6, 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.