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DANIEL SCOTT KEITH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 9, 1950 – April 10, 1969
Service recordDaniel Scott Keith, of Livonia, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 10, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 50
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 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Livonia, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 50
- ROBERT ALLAN JINESSergeant · April 10, 1969
- MICHAEL WAYNE LIZARRAGASergeant · April 10, 1969
- THOMAS GEORGE MANDERFELDSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
- RONALD STEPHEN ROSSINISecond Lieutenant · April 10, 1969
From Livonia
- PATRICK JOSEPH CONNORSPrivate First Class · August 30, 1966
- MARVIN MERLE DICKSPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE EDWARDSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- DWIGHT ELMER TIMBERLAKESpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM AXFORDLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- ARTHUR PERRY COPELANDLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- JAMES A TILLEYSergeant · January 18, 1968
- ARNOLD PAUL SARNASpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- JERRY ALAN WYMANSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- DENNIS JEROME SPECKSpecialist Four · July 23, 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.