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Casualty Info
Home Town Duncansville
Last Address 1417 Fourth Avenue, Duncansville, PA 16635
Casualty Date Jul 10, 1967
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Quang Ngai (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Carson Valley Cemetery - Duncanville, Pennsylvania
Wall/Plot Coordinates 23E 043/Section PP, Site C, Grave 18
Final Mission of SP4 Fred A. Kelley - Task Force Oregon (TFO) was a U.S. Army division-sized unit composed of three separate infantry brigades active in Quang Ngai and Quang Tin Provinces, RVN, from April to September 1967. Headquartered at Chu Lai Base Area, TFO allowed the 1st Marine Division to move north to Da Nang to support the 3rd Marine Division in northern I Corps. TFO undertook offensive operations in conjunction with the 1st Cavalry Division against North Vietnamese Army units in the western mountains and local Viet Cong battalions operating on the coastal plains. On July 10, 1967, during combat operations nine kilometers (5.4 miles) southeast of Duc Pho in Quang Ngai Province, a supporting TFO tank from C Troop, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division hit a mine near the hamlet of An Thach. Four men died after sustaining blast, burn, and fragmentation wounds. They included SGT Arlan D. Gable, MSG Edward K. Kea, driver SP4 Fred A. Kelley, and PFC Claude P. Miller. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and “Combat Operations: Taking the Offensive, October 1966 to October 1967” by George L. MacGarrigle]
Interment Address:
Duncansville, Blair County, PA
Global Positioning System Coordinates: 40.44763, -78.43457
Also known as Albaughs Cemetery and Dunkard Cemetery.
