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CLEVELAND KEAL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 4, 1947 – November 19, 1967
Service recordCleveland Keal JR, of Port Arthur, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 19, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 27
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Port Arthur, Texas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 27
- MARK RICHARD HERINGSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- THOMAS PATE HUDDLESTONSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- CURTIS WOODROW HUTTOChief Warrant Officer 3 · November 19, 1967
- DONALD IANDOLISergeant · November 19, 1967
From Port Arthur
- ADAM ERNEST SIMPSON JRFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1965
- HERBERT JAMES GABRIELPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- DANNY RAY NORTHCUTTSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- PAUL SCOTTPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- LEROY PEGROSSPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- RODGER DALE HEBERTPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- JOHN DEE POWELL JRLance Corporal · June 30, 1968
- TONY JOHN AYALAPrivate First Class · August 11, 1968
- PETER LOWELL RUSSELLSergeant · August 22, 1968
- GREGORIO TREVINO JRPrivate First Class · December 11, 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.