The Wall › Panel 21E › New York › Dennis Joseph Keenan
DENNIS JOSEPH KEENAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 22, 1943 – May 27, 1967
Service recordDennis Joseph Keenan, of Rochester, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 1
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 1
- DAVID JAMES HUGHESSpecialist Four · May 27, 1967
- HENRY ALSTON JOHNSONCorporal · May 27, 1967
- GARRY DEAN KLEINPrivate First Class · May 27, 1967
- THOMAS DAVID NIEDERMEIERPrivate · May 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JAMES HUGHESSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 1
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
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.