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December 21, 2005

Former commanding general of R.I. National Guard dies

Major General John W. Kiely, former adjutant general of Rhode Island and commanding general of the Rhode Island National Guard from 1983 to 1990, and a veteran of the Second World War, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, died early Monday, the RI National Guard announced yesterday. He was 80.

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