Clifford Lorenzo Kelley, born December 18th, 1910 in Maxwell Nebraska. Clifford is a World War II Veteran, having served in the U.S. Air Force as a Corporal. He was stationed at Roswell New Mexico, at Roswell Air Force Base. Now known as Walker Air Force Museum. Clifford died on July 16th 1944 from drowning. He was 33, he left no wife or children behind. He had many abrasions on his forehead, chest and nose. This happened at the base and not in battle. It’s unknown at this time why and how he drowned. There was an investigation pending at the time his death certificate was written. So far I can’t find anything else on Mr. Clifford. I’m debating on writing to the museum to see if they have any records of what happened. Our theory is: Due to the descriptions of the abrasions it leads me to believe that he was attacked. Perhaps he got in a fight. Then maybe he was knocked out unconscious and they thought to just throw him in a body of water. If he was murdered, did he ever get justice? This is a theory though and we will never know until we start looking for answers.

Rachel Vedder