Officer Rank: Trooper
Memorial Panel: 7-W: 23
Department: Pennsylvania State Police
End of Watch: 11/07/2001
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Age: 43
Length of Service: 16
Trooper Kelly was struck and killed while attempting to remove a large piece of debris blocking the roadway. Trooper Kelly was responding to a citizen’s request call to remove the debris from I-79. Trooper Kelly was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Since 1786, more than 22,000 law enforcement officers have died in the line of duty. The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial ensures that those who made the ultimate sacrifice are remembered for generations to come, while providing a place where survivors can spend a quiet moment paying tribute to their loved ones.
The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial is located on E Street, between 4th and 5th Streets, NW, in Washington, DC adjacent to the National Law Enforcement Museum.