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DONALD LARRY KEETER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 22, 1945 – November 13, 1968
Service recordDonald Larry Keeter, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 60
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
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1968; six of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 39W, Line 60
- CHARLES THOMAS HERSHEYSergeant · November 13, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM JASURAPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
- ARTHUR EARL KEESEESpecialist Five · November 13, 1968
- JACK WALTER RICESpecialist Four · November 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL FRANCIS BRANIN JRCorporal · Panel 39W, Line 58
- ANTHONY THOMAS CULOTTACorporal · Panel 39W, Line 58
- THOMAS ANDREW NORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 61
- JAMES COLEMAN HATHORNE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 62
- DALE FRANKLIN ROLLINSSergeant First Class · Panel 39W, Line 62
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 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.