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WESLEY ROBERT KELBY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 11, 1948 – June 28, 1967
Service recordWesley Robert Kelby, of Federal Way, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 78
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Federal Way, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 78
- PAUL EDWARD HALESergeant · June 28, 1967
- DENNIS LEE HALLPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- GEOFFREY LAWRENCE HAMFirst Lieutenant · June 28, 1967
- GREGORY ANDREW KOSCHALPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD WAYNE BRYANTPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 76
- FRED W CARPENTERSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 76
- HARRY BERNARD FRANK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 77
- ROY EUGENE GRANTHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 77
- PAUL EDWARD HALESergeant · Panel 22E, Line 78
From Federal Way
- GERALD WILLIAM MARKWITHPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- BRUCE HERBERT DYERSpecialist Four · May 23, 1968
- BRUCE JACOB STICKELSergeant · October 2, 1970
- ROBERT GRAHAM BRUCEWarrant Officer 1 · May 20, 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.