Kelly Edward Vincent “Ed”

Monuments

First Infantry Division - Meuse Argonne

Name:

Edward Vincent “Ed” Kelly

Rank:

Private

Serial Number:

Unit:

6th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1918-10-06

State:

Missouri

Cemetery:

Mount Olivet Cemetery, Saint Joseph, Missouri

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Edward Vincent “Ed” Kelly was born on July 9, 1895 in Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Private in Battery A, 6th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Division. He was Killed in Action on October 6, 1918 in France at the age of 23 and is now buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA. His name is commemorated on the First Infantry Division monument in Saint-Juvin, France but his name's middle initial is inscribed as C.