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DANIEL JAMES KEATING JR
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
October 26, 1935 – May 22, 1968
Service recordDaniel James Keating JR, of Larchmont, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 22, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 12
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- October 26, 1935
- Home of record
- Larchmont, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1968; ten of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 65E, Line 12
- EDMUND JOSEPH KELLYStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- CHARLES S KIRKLAND JRLance Corporal · May 22, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD KNEBELChief Master Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER LANDIS KURTZPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
From Larchmont
- RICHARD ALAN WESTERNStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1968
- ERNEST JAMES HILLCorporal · July 14, 1968
- ANTHONY PHILIP AGARSpecialist Four · May 7, 1969
- JOHN PEDDIE BATTERSON JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
- DANIEL MARTIN BROWNAirman First Class · June 4, 1971
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.