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VICTOR BRUCE KELLEY
Captain · U.S. Army
June 19, 1928 – April 28, 1965
Service recordVictor Bruce Kelley, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 110
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 19, 1928
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1965
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1965. In April 1965, 61 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 110
- GEORGE H KIRBY JRStaff Sergeant · April 27, 1965
- ALVIN KLASON BROYLES JRCaptain · April 28, 1965
- WILLIAM FRANCIS LEGRANDStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1965
- RONALD EDWARD STORZLieutenant Colonel · April 28, 1965
Same unit, same day
- ALVIN KLASON BROYLES JRCaptain · Panel 1E, Line 110
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
- ESTEBAN MORALES ALVAREZLance Corporal · July 4, 1966
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.