

Rank and organization: Gunnery
Sergeant, U.S. Marine
Corps (then S/Sgt.), Company G, 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine
Division. Place and date:
Quang Nam
Province,
Republic of
Vietnam, 11 March 1970. Entered service at:
Bridgeport,
Conn. Born: 1 October 1943, Bethel,
Conn. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at
the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a
platoon sergeant with Company G, in connection with combat operations against
the enemy on the night of 11 March 1970.
Under the leadership of G/Sgt. Kellogg, a small unit from Company G was
evacuating a fallen comrade when the unit came under a heavy volume of small
arms and automatic weapons fire from a numerically superior enemy force
occupying well concealed emplacements in the surrounding jungle. During the ensuing fierce engagement, an
enemy soldier managed to maneuver through the dense foliage to a position near
the marines, and hurled a handgrenade into their
midst which glanced off the chest of G/Sgt. Kellogg. Quick to act, he forced the grenade into the
mud in which he was standing, threw himself over the lethal weapon and absorbed
the full effects of its detonation with his body, thereby preventing serious
injury or possible death to several of his fellow marines. Although suffering multiple injuries to his
chest and his right shoulder and arm, G/Sgt. Kellogg resolutely continued to
direct the efforts of his men until all were able to maneuver to the relative
safety of the company perimeter. By his
heroic and decisive action in risking his life to save the lives of his
comrades, G/Sgt. Kellogg reflected the highest credit upon himself
and upheld the finest traditions of the Marine Corps and the U.S. Naval
Service.