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DANNY GARTH KEATON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 13, 1946 – July 10, 1966
Service recordDanny Garth Keaton, of Danville, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 14
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Danville, Virginia (Danville (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 14
- DANIEL L WILSONSpecialist Four · July 9, 1966
- SHERRILL VANCE BROWNCaptain · July 10, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS FITZPATRICKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- ROBERT WAYNE KINGLance Corporal · July 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FRED ANDREW LINDStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 15
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 16
- JOHNNY RAY TAGMANPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 16
From Danville
- ERIE A MARTIN JRFirst Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- LEE DUFFORD HARLEYMajor · May 18, 1966
- DONALD WAYNE MCCANNSpecialist Four · November 9, 1966
- HERBERT L ELLINGTONSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- MOSES LEON POINDEXTERSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- DAVID GLENN SPEARMANCaptain · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH WAYNE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- STEVEN REED POWELLPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- HUGH JAMES FERRELLPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- FLETCHER LEON LEWISSpecialist Four · January 31, 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.