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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Everett Dennis Keaton.

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EVERETT DENNIS KEATON

Captain · U.S. Army

January 16, 1941 – January 20, 1970

Service record

Everett Dennis Keaton, of Waverly, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1970, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 14W · Line 49

Position of Panel 14W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Captain (CPT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
Unit (as recorded)
9 INF DIV
Born
January 16, 1941
Home of record
Waverly, Ohio (Pike County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 20, 1970
Age
29
Province
Long An
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

12 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 14W, Line 49

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.