Vietnam War
roger ahlberg
john l. anderson
larry a. anderson
william h. anderson
charles f. bailey
mike bailey
jerry l. bainbridge
fred barlow
richard "rick" barlow
john benedict
donald w. bonar
frederick s. bonati
larry boostrom
George W. Brand Jr.
donald e. brock
jack burnett
kent burnett
roger carlson
ronald carrasca
ed cheline
william d. clague
ben clay
jerry l. clark
jerry collinson
curtis a. cook
james i. cowley
Daniel c. craig
ronald r. craig
thomas craig
wayne o. craig
richard g. davis
richard dexter
frank dillon
david doye
charles dykeman
melvin e. durant
james ehrenhart
burton empson
reynolds m. everett
daniel gale
john a. gearhart
mike gerard
murray grieve
wynn o. griffin
tim guss
thomas e. hartman
william hay
ronnie hepner
leland hultgren
james johnson
john c. johnson
richard johnston
paul w. kronsted
sam lindberg
roger a. linbom
ronald linbom
bernie lipke
paul w. lyon
robert leon mendel
robert l. murphy
lowell murray
greg nelson
jerry h. nelson
Randall Newman
harold nordeen
karl nordstrom
dewey d. olander
lee odell
william page
donald peterson
rod powers
john m. pratt
joseph w. raley
terry raley
harland rapp
dan richison
james ripka
dan robbins
johnnie robbins
donald g. ruhl
gene selman
leroy schoop
paul schmidt
paul schwab
robert l. shields
jerry smith
roger spiegel
anthony strand
dale s. sweat
ed thompson
gary vandevelde
Ross Walker
lawrence weaver
richard h. winter, jr.
john w. zetterberg
Infantryman John Kellet perished during the Vietnam War. He is memorialized on a stone which may be viewed in Veteran's Park.
John E. Kellett...
The casket arrived at the Quad City Airport, Moline, at 8:10 Tuesday evening, June 23, after the flight from Oakland, California, where Bernard Lipke became the official honor guard when he reached the west coast from Vietnam.
John was seriously wounded on June 12 when he stepped on a booby trap while on patrol. Both legs were broken and he sustained internal injuries, as well as deep cuts on his face and neck. A telegram to his parents described the wounds as serious and it was five days later, at 7:30 a.m., June 17, when the end came. An army officer from Galesburg informed the Kelletts of his death.
It was the second time in less than three months that John had been wounded. A grenade caused wounds on March 28, and he was hospitalized 10 days or two weeks before returning to duty.
In the family home at 410 Southeast 1st Street, his mother discussed John's military service and how his letters told of the number of days he had left to serve in Vietnam.
After graduation from high school in 1965, he entered Southern Illinois University at Carbondale for the 1965-66 term and was enrolled in Black Hawk college, Moline, during the first semester of the 1966-67 term.
On June 29, 1967, John was inducted into the Army and received his basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri, after which he was transferred to Ft. Polk, Louisiana.
His parents went to Ft. Polk in November to visit him and he came home at Thanksgiving time for a 21 day furlough, until December 17. Then John traveled by plane to Ft. Lewis, Washington, from where he called home on the 19th:
"In 20 minutes I'll be on the plane for Vietnam."
He arrived there on the 20th and was assigned to the 198th Light Infantry Brigade. Latter, he was transferred to the 196th Light Infantry Brigade, Co. D-3, 21st Infantry, which was his outfit at the time he was wounded.
John was born in Princeton on October 23, 1947, and was the only child of Robert and Frances Wade Kellett.
--excerpted from Galvaland Magazine, July 1968
