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FLOYD MILTON KEEFE
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 15, 1934 – March 19, 1969
Service recordFloyd Milton Keefe, of Montgomery, Alabama, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 19, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 80
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cook (3371)
- Born
- February 15, 1934
- Home of record
- Montgomery, Alabama (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1969; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 80
- JESUS ENCARNACION-BETENCOURTSpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
- LOREN CECIL JONESCorporal · March 19, 1969
- EDDIE RALPH KELLEYSergeant · March 19, 1969
- BARRY LORENZ KOPPLance Corporal · March 19, 1969
From Montgomery
- FRANK LEONARD MILLER IIICaptain · September 30, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS MOOREPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- JAMES WALTER DENNIS JRLance Corporal · March 18, 1966
- GEORGE CANADA JRStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- JIMMIE L SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 1, 1966
- WILLIAM HUGH GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- CHARLES TYRONE DAYLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- THOMAS E DORANSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- WILLIAM J SEAWRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.