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CHARLES JOSEPH KEITT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 25, 1947 – November 11, 1969
Service recordCharles Joseph Keitt, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 58
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 25, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1969; seven of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 58
- CLEATUS PAUL KIMBLESpecialist Five · November 11, 1969
- RICHARD STEPHEN LEACHPrivate First Class · November 11, 1969
- DENNIS PAUL LINDSEYStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1969
- WILLIAM F LITTLE IIIFirst Lieutenant · November 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CLARK ROBERT DOUGLASSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 56
- HARRY JOHN JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 56
- RICHARD STEPHEN LEACHPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 58
- EDWARD WESLEY MCCARTYPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 59
- WILLIE EDWARD MCINTOSHPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 59
- ROGER LEE TALLMANSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 60
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.