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DUANE RICHARD KEIL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 28, 1948 – July 3, 1969
Service recordDuane Richard Keil, of Adrian, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 52
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Adrian, Michigan (Lenawee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 21W, Line 52
- GARLAND DALE FLOYDCorporal · July 3, 1969
- STEPHEN CARL HARRELLSpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
- ROBERT STANLEY HOLLEY IIISpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD KELLYSpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL R BLANCHFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 50
From Adrian
- G LYLE STETTENSpecialist Four · January 11, 1967
- WAYNE JACOB GAUTZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- DAVID LEE ADAMSPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT DAWSONSecond Lieutenant · October 27, 1967
- HUGH DON SCOTTCorporal · November 18, 1967
- FLOYD ALLAN HYDERCorporal · November 21, 1967
- ALLEN LANE WINTERSSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- DALE L E DAVISSergeant · February 15, 1968
- GEORGE LEE CARRPrivate First Class · July 28, 1968
- MICHAEL KELLY THOMPSONCaptain · March 21, 1969
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.