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CHARLES BRIAN KEATHLEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 28, 1947 – July 14, 1968
Service recordCharles Brian Keathley, of Brooksville, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 14, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 28
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Brooksville, Florida (Hernando County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 28
- JOHN HARVEY FEEZERSpecialist Five · July 14, 1968
- ERNEST JAMES HILLCorporal · July 14, 1968
- RICHARD GEORGE LIEWERSpecialist Four · July 14, 1968
- HAROLD LEROY LLANESLance Corporal · July 14, 1968
From Brooksville
- DENVER DEWEY COLBURN JRCaptain · January 8, 1968
- HERCULES LEE MOORELance Corporal · May 26, 1968
- VIRGIL VERN HAMILTONSergeant · May 30, 1969
- WASHINGTON MORRIS LANGLEYSpecialist Four · October 2, 1969
- DANNY WAYNE OVERTONPrivate First Class · January 4, 1970
- DENNIS EDWARD VACENOVSKYFirst Lieutenant · October 5, 1970
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.