Day: July 28, 2026

LSP – MAJ Richard T. Kelley Square

Town of North Andover, MA
The next Lawrence Square Project:
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Vietnam War Veteran/Special Forces & Highly Regarded Attorney
Richard Taffe Kelley Square
July 30 (Thursday)
4pm
Intersection of Sanborn St and Dana St
A blurb from my research and portion to be published:
Kelley’s second deployment to Vietnam was in 1969 when he was with the 1st Special Forces Group. During his Vietnam deployments he was involved in frequent, highly classified “combat patrols in remote areas at the intercept of Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia.” It was here that he “fought alongside the 100 or more (Vietnamese Montagnard) tribesmen” in Vietnam’s Central Highlands. Kelley’s unit “would ultimately be deployed to some eighty-five locations in support of 3,500 Special Forces troops across Vietnam…. They were a rare hybrid, bred by the necessities of a brutal war.” Kelley was highly decorated for his bravery during the war as he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with One Oak Leaf Cluster and several other Meritorious and Service medals. 
Marc 
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