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Tuesday, January 23, 2007
BEAVERCREEK — A Carroll High School and University of Dayton graduate was among 13 American troops killed in a helicopter crash Saturday in Iraq, the man's sister-in-law said Tuesday.
Col. Paul Kelly, 45, had been scheduled to return home to Stafford, Va., in March following an extended deployment with the Army National Guard, said Peggy Kelly of Beavercreek, who is married to Col. Kelly's brother Patrick.
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1984 Daytonian yearbook photo of Paul Kelly. Kelly, an officer in the U.S. Army, was killed in Iraq.
The Kelly family photographed in June, 1998. (L-R) Tony Kelly '95, Paul Kelly '84, Debbie Kelly (Ivone) '87, John Kelly '75, Therese Kelly '85, John Kelly '85 and Patrick Kelly '90.Kelly is survived by his wife, Maria, and two sons, Paul David, 9, and John Joseph, 5. In addition to Patrick Kelly, his parents, John and Mary Rose Kelly, and a sister, Theresa Kelly, live in Beavercreek.
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