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VERNE CARL KELLEY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 14, 1942 – February 12, 1969
Service recordVerne Carl Kelley, of East Barrington, New Hampshire, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1969, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 21
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 14, 1942
- Home of record
- East Barrington, New Hampshire (Strafford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 32W, Line 21
- RICHARD D BARTHOLOMEW JRSpecialist Four · February 12, 1969
- ROBERT W HOOKSergeant · February 12, 1969
- FRANK ALFRED JENSENPrivate First Class · February 12, 1969
- JOHN MATULONISSergeant · February 12, 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.