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CLYDE LEE KEITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 11, 1946 – March 6, 1967
Service recordClyde Lee Keith, of Vanduser, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 31
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Vanduser, Missouri (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1967; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 31
- THOMAS JOSEPH SANCHEZMaster Sergeant · March 6, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL SANDSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- BURT CHAUNCY SMALL JRStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1967
- PAUL RICHARD SMITH JRCorporal · March 6, 1967
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.