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CARL JOHN KEAHEY III
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 18, 1945 – June 8, 1969
Service recordCarl John Keahey III, of Midwest City, Oklahoma, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 111
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Midwest City, Oklahoma (Oklahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 111
- DALE LLOYD JOHNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 8, 1969
- JAY ALLEN KAUFMANPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
- KEO JOE KESHNERLance Corporal · June 8, 1969
- GEORGE FRANCIS LANDICorporal · June 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH EARL ENFINGERStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 109
- GLENN RAY FLEITMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 110
From Midwest City
- JAMES LARKIN EATMONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- LAWRENCE STEPHEN ROBBINSLance Corporal · May 20, 1966
- ALLEN PERDA MILLERSergeant · December 19, 1966
- HAL JONES ROWLETTMaster Sergeant · January 6, 1967
- DONALD LEE BERNARDPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- JOHN KIRBY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 2, 1967
- GAILEN CHEEK CROSSLINPrivate First Class · September 19, 1967
- GEORGE RALPH CASTILLOCorporal · January 24, 1968
- JAMES DALE GUFFEYSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
- RANDALL LEE MCELREATHLance Corporal · March 12, 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.