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--- General / Personal ---
Last name: KERLEY
First name: ROYD STEVE JR
Home of Record (official): CHARLOTTE
State (official): NC
Date of Birth: Saturday, September 14, 1946
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Married
--- Military ---
Branch: Army
Rank: SP4
Serial Number: 14922375
Component: Regular
Pay grade: E4
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 05C20
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
HHT Regiment
--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Saturday, August 20, 1966
Date of Casualty: Monday, April 17, 1967
Age at time of loss: 20
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died
Reason: Multiple fragmentation wounds (Ground casualty)
Country: South Vietnam
Province: Long Khanh
The Wall: Panel 18E - Row 041
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Interment ---
Sunset Memory Gardens & Mausoleum
8901 Lawyers Road
Charlotte, NC 28227
(704) 545-6101