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DENNIS WRIGHT KEEFE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 10, 1948 – July 19, 1968
Service recordDennis Wright Keefe, of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 11
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- May 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 11
- RICHARD EDWARD DALY JRSergeant · July 18, 1968
- JOSEPH JOHN GUCWAPrivate First Class · July 19, 1968
- THOMAS LEON GUTHRIEStaff Sergeant · July 19, 1968
- GUY RICHARD KINGSpecialist Four · July 19, 1968
- MELVIN STETTINIUS LAMARCorporal · July 19, 1968
From Wauwatosa
- BRUCE CHARLES LEISINGPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- RONALD FREDERICK KITZKELance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- JEFFREY JOHN KLAVESSpecialist Four · April 29, 1970
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.