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ALLEN FRANCIS KEATING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 1, 1948 – October 19, 1969
Service recordAllen Francis Keating, of Cohasset, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 91
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Cohasset, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1969; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 91
- EDWARD STEPHEN KOCHSpecialist Four · October 19, 1969
- PETER JAMES MOLDENHAUERLance Corporal · October 19, 1969
- JAMES EARL PETTIJOHNPrivate First Class · October 19, 1969
- JOHN PAUL SOUTHWICKPrivate First Class · October 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID PAUL BABEYSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 89
- GERALD JAMES GUILLORYPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 90
- EDDIE LEE WALKERPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 92
From Cohasset
- WILLIAM CLIVE LAIDLAWCorporal · August 18, 1965
- PETER COGILLPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- JOHN PAUL LYONCaptain · April 18, 1969
- CRAIG MICHAEL SIMEONEPrivate First Class · May 30, 1969
- DENNIS JOSEPH REARDONFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.