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ARTHUR EARL KEESEE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 26, 1947 – November 13, 1968
Service recordArthur Earl Keesee, of Brownwood, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 60
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Brownwood, Texas (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 60
- CHARLES THOMAS HERSHEYSergeant · November 13, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM JASURAPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
- DONALD LARRY KEETERSpecialist Four · November 13, 1968
- JACK WALTER RICESpecialist Four · November 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LOREN EUGENE ENGSTROMWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 39W, Line 59
From Brownwood
- BRIT P LEMMONSSpecialist Five · September 10, 1967
- EDDIE LEE EPHRAIMCorporal · March 21, 1968
- WILLARD ALTON PERRY JRCorporal · April 29, 1968
- MICHAEL AUTREY TEAGUEPetty Officer Third Class · May 2, 1968
- KENNITH WAYNE WHEELERCorporal · May 10, 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.