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ARTHUR KEEN
Seaman · U.S. Navy
August 1, 1946 – June 27, 1966
Service recordArthur Keen, of Atlantic City, New Jersey, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- August 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Atlantic City, New Jersey (Atlantic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 101
- BILLY JOE NAVEMajor · June 27, 1966
- EDWARD KENNETH PARESAPlatoon Sergeant · June 27, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
- GALEN DEAN PETERSENPrivate First Class · June 27, 1966
- JOHN STUART SEELEYCaptain · June 27, 1966
From Atlantic City
- ARFIEN CLIFFORD ALISpecialist Four · February 20, 1966
- DENNIS FRANCIS DELASANDROSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- GEORGE EUGENE COLES JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
- GEORGE LEONARD MILANPrivate · August 25, 1967
- THOMAS F SMITH JRSpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH GROHMANGunnery Sergeant · March 22, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE FARMERPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- JAMES WILLIE TERRYPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- ROBERT PATRICK SHELLEMLance Corporal · April 28, 1968
- GERALD ANTHONY MCCALLStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1968
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.