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DANIEL DUANE KEYES
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 26, 1937 – May 14, 1968
Service recordDaniel Duane Keyes, of San Jose, California, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 13
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- November 26, 1937
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 60E, Line 13
- JAMES DAVID AMESSpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
- BARRY EDWIN KARGERLieutenant (junior grade) · May 14, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH KLINESpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
- LANCE JACK KOHANKECorporal · May 14, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL KUCHEKSpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
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.