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BRUCE M KELLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 29, 1949 – January 3, 1971
Service recordBruce M Keller, of West Jordan, Utah, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1971, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 22
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 29, 1949
- Home of record
- West Jordan, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1971; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 22
- LUIS GALLEGOS HOLGUINChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 3, 1971
- HARRY LEWIS JRPrivate First Class · January 3, 1971
- PATRICK JOSEPH MAGEESpecialist Six · January 3, 1971
- THOMAS RICHARD OKERLUNDChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 3, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LYNN OLIVERCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 23
From West Jordan
- ROBERT CHARLES WIECHERTMajor · November 16, 1968
- BRUCE EDWIN INGMANPrivate First Class · July 14, 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.