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DANNY JOE KEITH
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 23, 1947 – June 2, 1967
Service recordDanny Joe Keith, of Salinas, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 2, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 35
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D BTRY 2 BN 12 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- February 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Salinas, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 35
- JOHN JAMES KATONA JRHospitalman · June 2, 1967
- RICHARD MYRON LOMBARDOPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH MACIUSZEKPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- STEVE GARY MARCOMBELance Corporal · June 2, 1967
From Salinas
- JOE CARROL ROBERTSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- ALTON EUGENE BAKERPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- DARELL GOODWIN FREEMANPrivate First Class · November 22, 1965
- ERNEST FELIPE LOSOYALance Corporal · December 19, 1965
- ROBERT LESTER MILLERLieutenant · March 7, 1967
- GERALD LELAND POPPASergeant · August 1, 1968
- DAVID CHISUMPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- RICKY LYNN CORNELLSpecialist Four · November 14, 1968
- JAMES CLARK CARLSONPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- EUGENE MERLE CHRISTERCorporal · December 15, 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.