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WILLARD DOUGLAS KELLY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 24, 1947 – February 12, 1970
Service recordWillard Douglas Kelly, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1970, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 1
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 24, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 1
- LARRY HERMAN GOSCHKASergeant · February 12, 1970
- JOHN BILL HIGGINBOTHAMPrivate First Class · February 12, 1970
- PAUL ELDEN JONESLance Corporal · February 12, 1970
- LEE MYRL LESHENSpecialist Five · February 12, 1970
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.