Kelln, Albert Lee

Two-Star Rear Admiral Albert Lee "Al" Kelln, son of David Kelln & Eva Margaretha Katharina Meier, was born 17 December 1929 in Shattuck, Oklahoma. He died on 17 October 2022 in Ballinger, Texas. He was buried in the U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis, Maryland.

Rear Admiral Kelln graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1952 and served for 28 years in the U.S. Navy, many as commander of nuclear submarines. He founded the Naval Submarine League and served as its president for many years.

Rear Admiral Kelln was the first (and probably only) person to fly over, stand on, and pass under the North Pole.

Rear Admiral Kelln's Volga German ancestors came from the Volga German colony of Holstein.