Located in Lair 142, Section M of the cemetery.

A standard upright US Veterans headstone.

From the US Navy History and Hertitage Command Website:

Francis Kelly Chief Machinist's Mate, USN, (1860-1938)

Francis Kelly was born on 5 July 1860 ion Boston, Massachusetts. He enlisted in the US Navy from that state and served as a Watertender in the collier Merrimac during the Spanish-American War. Kelly was one of eight volunteer crew members when Rear Admiral William T. Sampson ordered Merrimac sunk to block the entrance of Santiago Harbor, Cuba. On the night of 2-3 June 1898, during the courageous attempt to execute this mission, Merrimac's steering gear was disabled by enemy gunfire, and she sank without obstructing navigation. Her crewmen were rescued by the Spanish and made prisoners-of-war. After the Battle of Santiago de Cuba destroyed the Spanish fleet a month later, Kelly and his shipmates were released. For his "extraordinary heroism" during this operation, he was awarded the Medal of Honor.Francis Kelly remained in the Navy after the Spanish-American War, ultimately obtaining the rank of Chief Machinist's Mate. He died on 19 May 1938 in Glasgow, Scotland and is buried at Glasgow's Sandymount Cemetery.

Note: Other sources indicated that Francis Kelly was born Archibald Houston in Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland on July 5, 1859. He enlisted in the US Navy from Massachusetts. The name Archibald Houston is inscribed on the headstone as an AKA.

Francis Kelly's son, Naval Stoker Daniel Houston, served in the Royal British Navy in World War 1 and was killed in action on May 31, 1916 during the Battle of Jutland while serving on the 'HMS Black Prince'. He is rememebred on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial which commemorates 9,667 sailors of the First World War and 14,918 of the Second World War who have no known grave but the sea.

FRANCIS KELLY

MEDAL OF HONOR

CMM

SP-AM WAR

JULY 5, 1859

May 19, 1938

AKA   ARCHIBALD

HOUSTON