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Robert Dean McKelvey
Robert Dean McKelvey was born on 29 July 1931 in Phoenix, Arizona. He was appointed to West Point from the Air Force and entered on 3 July 1951. He was in Company B2 and was Company First Sergeant his first class year. He graduated on 7 Jun 1955 and was commissioned in the US Air Force.
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From: 'JAMES RYAN' 'ryancqrt@msn.com"
To: 'Carl McNair' 'cmcnair2@csc.com', 'Dan Ludwig' 'ludwig55@verizon.net', 'Jack Campbell' 'ColJack55@austin.rr.com', 'Tom Sims' 'TomESims@West-Point.org"
Subject: Report on death of ROBERT D McKELVEY
Date sent: Mon, 18 MAY 2009 08:51:23,0400
Carl, as part of the roster update project, I tried to call Bob McKelvey Saturday. I talked to his wife Ester who informed me Bob ('Mac' as we called him) had passed away in Janurary. I was shocked (as I had no record of his death, and I believe it was unknown to the class), so I apologized for having called her 'out of the blue' and gave her our condolences on behalf of the class.
Today, I had a friendly chat with Mrs. McKelvey who informed me Bob died of cancer of the lung which apparently had metasthesized from a bout of colon cancer sometime earlier.
DATE OF DEATH: JAN 11, 2009
PLACE: Glasgow, KY
AGE: 77 years
No obituary was published because the McKelvey's had moved only recently (June 2007) to Kentucky after having spent 30 years in California.
There is a son MICHAEL V. McKELVEY who is a graduate of the USAF Academy, is retired from the Air Force, and lives in Yorktown, VA.
Jim
James H. Ryan, Ph.D.
LTC, USA-Ret.
1221 Woodland Rd.
Petersburg, VA 23805-1911
804-733-7827
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