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DENNIS MEVES KEITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 27, 1948 – February 6, 1969
Service recordDennis Meves Keith, of Santa Paula, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 71
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Santa Paula, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 71
- JAMES THOMAS DOUGLASSergeant First Class · February 6, 1969
- ROLAND LORENZO HARRISSergeant First Class · February 6, 1969
- LEWIS CARLTON JONES JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1969
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SINCAVAGESpecialist Four · February 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES THOMAS DOUGLASSergeant First Class · Panel 33W, Line 71
- RAFAEL MELENDEZPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 72
- MISTER REDDIX JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 73
- TROY NELSON SITTONPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 74
- RODNEY DALE WISESpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 75
From Santa Paula
- MAX V VASQUEZ IIIPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- EDUARDO CHAVEZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- DENNY MILBURN JACKSONSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JUAN JOSEPH DEMARACorporal · March 5, 1968
- DANIEL JACQUES BOTTANPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- TIMOTHY ELTON LARMONPrivate First Class · October 21, 1969
- JIM RAY CAVENDERChief Warrant Officer 3 · November 4, 1969
- LONNIE DEE FOLEYStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1971
- WILLARD FRANCIS PAYNEStaff Sergeant · August 10, 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.