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DARYL LAVERNE KEEN
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
June 8, 1944 – July 16, 1965
Service recordDaryl Laverne Keen, of Santa Cruz, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 16, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 38
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Quartermaster (QM)
- Born
- June 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Santa Cruz, California (Santa Cruz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 38
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- PATRICK SPIKER JRStaff Sergeant · July 15, 1965
- RICHARD LANSING ZICHEKLance Corporal · July 15, 1965
- DANIEL JOSEPH BENNETTPetty Officer Third Class · July 17, 1965
From Santa Cruz
- VINCENT LOCATELLIPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- STEPHEN MARK PASHMANPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- LEO BUDDY BUCKHOLDTPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- RAINFORD TIFFINMajor · July 21, 1966
- RONALD JOE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · December 17, 1966
- RONALD RUNYAN KINGLieutenant Colonel · October 3, 1967
- JACK WILEY MCKINNON JRSpecialist Four · January 3, 1968
- WILTON RAY PICKETTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- GEORGE WALTER SKAKELSergeant · March 6, 1968
- LE ROY FRED ARELLANOSergeant · June 22, 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.