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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Virgil Kinnaird Kelley JR.

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VIRGIL KINNAIRD KELLEY JR

Captain · U.S. Air Force

January 22, 1937 – September 4, 1967

Service record

Virgil Kinnaird Kelley JR, of Junction City, Kentucky, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 4, 1967, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 25E · Line 103

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Regular
Born
January 22, 1937
Home of record
Junction City, Kentucky (Boyle County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 4, 1967
Age
30
Province
Lam Dong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

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91 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Junction City

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.