On November 9, 2010, Kelly's 29-year-old son, First Lieutenant Robert Michael Kelly,[72] was killed in action when he stepped on a landmine while leading a platoon of Marines on a patrol in Sangin, Afghanistan. The younger Kelly was a former enlisted Marine and was on his third combat tour, his first combat tour as a U.S. Marine Corps infantry officer. At the time of his death, Robert Kelly was with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines. Robert Kelly's death made John Kelly the highest-ranking American military officer to lose a child in Iraq or Afghanistan.[73] Kelly's other son is a Marine Corps major.[74][75][76]
Thank you. Prayers up for his eternal soul and comfort to his loved ones.
I am glad Gen. Kelly has another son.