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DAVID RICHARD KELLER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 23, 1948 – June 5, 1968
Service recordDavid Richard Keller, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 18
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Man (0141)
- Born
- November 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Bellefontaine, Ohio (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 18
- KURT ERIC HACKERPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- KENNETH P HUTCHINSON JRLance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- EDGAR DALE JOYSergeant · June 5, 1968
- WILLIAM GUY POOLE IIISpecialist Four · June 5, 1968
From Bellefontaine
- HERBERT STEPHEN BECHTELPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- ROGER LOUIS PARKERCorporal · January 19, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN EARICKPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- FRANK LEE HOGEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- ROGER EUGENE SHEPHERDPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- JERRY LEE SOUTHARDCorporal · June 25, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT GEUYPrivate First Class · July 11, 1969
- LEWIS EUGENE HUGHES IILance Corporal · June 13, 1970
- KENNETH LOVELACEStaff Sergeant · January 22, 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.