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WILLIAM FRANCIS KELLEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 24, 1943 – August 30, 1969
Service recordWilliam Francis Kelley, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 24, 1943
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 11
- ROBERT ALAN HANEYPrivate First Class · August 30, 1969
- RALPH EDWARD JOHNSONSergeant First Class · August 30, 1969
- ISRAEL MARTINEZ JRPrivate First Class · August 30, 1969
- JAMES FRANKLIN MOTTSpecialist Five · August 30, 1969
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.