
He was promoted to Staff Sergeant on July 1, 1967. In March 1966, he was ordered to the Republic of Vietnam where he served as Weapons Platoon Sergeant and later, Company Supply Non-commissioned Officer of Company F, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division. He was promoted to Sergeant on May 1, 1965. Upon his return to the United States, he was assigned duty as Sergeant of the Guard, Marine Air Base Squadron 31, Marine Aircraft Group 31 at Beaufort, South Carolina. From December 1962 until November 1964, Cpl Kellogg served as squad leader with Company D, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Marine Brigade. He was promoted to Private First Class in June 1961, to Lance Corporal in April 1962, and to Corporal in October 1962. Following graduation, he was assigned duty as a rifleman, assistant automatic rifleman, and fire team leader, consecutively, with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune.

He received recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina and individual combat training at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.


Marine Corps on November 14, 1960, in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He attended Bethel High School (Connecticut)|Bethel High School for two years before dropping out in 1959. was born on October 1, 1943, in Bethel, Connecticut, and graduated from elementary school there in 1958.
