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WILLIAM ROBERT KELLEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 24, 1946 – August 28, 1966
Service recordWilliam Robert Kelley, of Citronelle, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 28, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F CO 2 BN 4 MAR
- Born
- January 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Citronelle, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 54
- PAUL BERNARD MADDENCorporal · August 28, 1966
- JOSEPH A MAMMOLITTIPrivate First Class · August 28, 1966
- JOSE LUIS MORENOSergeant · August 28, 1966
- ARBAL ROLLINS JRLance Corporal · August 28, 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.