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ELMER LEO KEASLING
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 29, 1946 – June 9, 1970
Service recordElmer Leo Keasling, of Hillsboro, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 34
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Hillsboro, Tennessee (Coffee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 34
- KENNETH HOWARD LAMBORNSpecialist Four · June 9, 1970
- JERRY WAYNE MCGLOTHLENSpecialist Four · June 9, 1970
- JEFFREY HAROLD MILLERCorporal · June 9, 1970
- LOWELL EDWIN MOONSergeant · June 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH JOHN CHISKOStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 31
- STEVEN LOUIS DOBRYSpecialist Five · Panel 9W, Line 32
- ANDREW JOHN ELLIOTTChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 9W, Line 32
- JERRY WAYNE MCGLOTHLENSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 34
- JEFFREY HAROLD MILLERCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 34
- LOWELL EDWIN MOONSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 34
From Hillsboro
- JOHNNY RALPH LYNNPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.