VIETNAM - KERLEY, ROYD STEVE JR

Kerley, Royd Steve Jr

VIETNAM - KERLEY, ROYD STEVE JR
KERLEY, ROYD STEVE JR

Rank: Specialist 4

Unit: Headquarters & Headquarters Troop, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment

MOS: 05C – Radio Teletype Operator

Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device

Enlisted by: Regular

Date of birth: 14-Sep-1946

Hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina

Marital status: Married to Rebecca J. Kerley

Campaign: Vietnam Conflict

Entered service: 18-Aug-1965

Start of tour: 20-Aug-1966

Incident date: 17-Apr-1967

Date of casualty: 17-Apr-1967

Age at death: 20

Cause of death: Hostile, died. Grenade. Multiple fragmentation wounds.
Royd Steve Kerley Jr was in convoy when hit by fragments from a hostile mortar round.

Four Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
PVT Albert Franklin Cleveland
SP4 Royd Steve Kerley Jr
SP4 Donald Lynwood Martinez
PFC William James McCue

Location of fatality: Long Khanh, South Vietnam

Place of interment: Sunset Memory Gardens, Mint Hill, North Carolina, USA

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Vietnam Veterans Memorial panel and row: 18E 041 (view Vietnam Veterans Memorial link in a new window)