LT Charles Wesley Kelly, Toms River, NJ on www.VirtualWall.org The Virtual Wall® Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall

Charles Wesley Kelly

Lieutenant
NAVSUPACT SAIGON, APL-55, USNAVFORV
United States Navy
Toms River, New Jersey
January 11, 1928 to January 17, 1967
CHARLES W KELLY is on the Wall at Panel 14E, Line 44

16 Aug 2002
REMEMBERED ACROSS THE YEARS
by a fellow veteran.
E-mail address is not available.

16 Jun 2005
I knew Lt. Kelly as he was my first Division Officer (A-Division) on Board the USS Constellation (CVA-64) in 1962 and I had the greatest respect for him. He was a real Naval Officer and was respected by everyone around him. I learned of his death from reading Navy Times while I was a civilian living in New Mexico. I re-enlisted in the Navy in 1967 and I will never forget Lt. Kelly.
From one of his A Dision Boat Shop (A-4) personnel,
ENC Howard E. Jones USN Ret.
edjon@wavecomputers.net

A Note from The Virtual Wall
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APL-55 was constructed in World War II as a non-self-propelled barracks ship. In Vietnam she served as a "mother ship" for the riverine forces, primarily in the Mekong River delta area but also further north in both the Chu Lai and Danang areas. About midway through her Vietnam service APL-55 was redesignated as YRBM-18; this photo was taken after the redesignation (note the numerals "18" on her bow).

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