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WILLIAM MARTIN KELLY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 10, 1947 – June 22, 1966
Service recordWilliam Martin Kelly, of Peekskill, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 76
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Peekskill, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 76
- WILLIAM LUTZPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- LARRY LEE PAGEPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- ROBERT ALAN PEACHPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- ROBERT LEE REYNOLDS JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES E FULLERPrivate · Panel 8E, Line 74
- ROBERT ALAN PEACHPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 76
- BILLY EDWARD STEVENSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 77
- NATHANIEL WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 78
From Peekskill
- OLIVER C CHASE JRCaptain · July 22, 1965
- DOUGLAS RONALD MOWBRAYPrivate First Class · September 15, 1966
- MICHAEL JOHN AMATOLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
- FRANK JOHN GUICHAUDPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- LAWRENCE ELSTON OSBORNESergeant · April 4, 1968
- JOHN BARDEN HUDSONPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- CHESTER JOHN MOSHIER JRStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1968
- BRUCE EDWARD REEDCorporal · February 28, 1969
- MICHAEL LOUIS POGGISergeant · March 28, 1969
- WILLIAM TIMOTHY DORSEYPrivate First Class · July 3, 1970
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.