Name: Albert Raymond KELLY
Rank / Rating: S2-Seaman Second Class
Service #: 858 83 22
DOB: Sep 14, 1925
From: Cleveland, OH
Parents: Joe and Julia Kelly
Went Aboard: May 07, 1944
Age When Ship Went Down: 19 years, 10 months, 16 days
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Bio Submitted By: Carl Fahnestock (Admin)
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Albert was born in St. Clairsville, OH, the only son of Joe and Julia Kelly. He attended West Technical High School in Cleveland.

Albert Raymond Kelly, S1c (Seaman First Class) was one of 879 crew members of USS Indianapolis CA-35 who “Lost Their Lives At Sea” as a direct casualty of the July 30, 1945 sinking of USS Indianapolis. All of these 879 men plus 9 others who also lost their lives at sea as a direct outcome of a March 31, 1945 kamikaze attack in Okinawa, have been recorded as having been “Lost at Sea” (LAS) while aboard USS Indianapolis (CA-35) in 1945. Seventy-six years after the ship’s sinking (in 2021), a thorough investigation of available historic records culminated in the identification of thirteen (13) sailors on that fateful last voyage whose names were subsequently placed on an “Accounted For” list. Albert Raymond Kelly was one of these thirteen (13) sailors who was “Buried At Sea”. The Rick Stone and Family Charitable Foundation researchers “poured through dozens of books and articles published on the sinking of USS Indianapolis, analyzed all of the seven recovery ship’s Deck Logs, recovery ship’s War Diaries, and the recovery ship’s commanding officer’s After Action Reports. In addition, Foundation investigators obtained the 'Individual Deceased Personnel Files’ and other documents from the National Archives to determine possible biometric matches to unknown sailors recovered at the sinking site.”(1) While these 13 sailors “Lost Their Lives At Sea”, they were each “Buried at Sea”. The 13 men who by clear and convincing evidence gathered at the time of the Rescue and Recovery process resulted in their being “Buried at Sea” are: George Stanley Abbott, S1- Seaman First Class Eugene Clifford Batson, S2- Seaman Second Class William Alexander Haynes, S1- Seaman First Class Albert Raymond Kelly, S2- Seaman Second Class Albert Davis Lundgren, S1- Seaman First Class Ollie McHone, F1- Fireman First Class George David Payne, S2- Seaman Second Class Alvin Wilder Rahn, SK3- Storekeeper Third Class Jose Antonio Saenz, SC3- Ship’s Cook Third Class Joseph Mason Strain, S2- Seaman Second Class Angelo Anthony Sudano, SSML3- Ship’s Service Man (Laundryman) Third Class Floyd Ralph Wolfe, GM3- Gunner’s Mate Third Class Charles Byrd Sparks, COX- Coxswain Burial at Sea Albert was one of the ten crew members picked up and identified by USS Cecil J. Doyle. He was located at 1153 hours at 11 degrees 27 minutes North Latitude and 132 degrees 29 minuets East Longitude on Monday August 6, 1945. Albert was "committed to the deep" in the official Burial at Sea Ceremony performed by the Commanding Officer on August 7, 1945, at 11 degrees 13 minutes North Latitude and 132 degrees 24 minutes East Longitude.