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FRANCIS JOSEPH KELLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 6, 1949 – May 28, 1970
Service recordFrancis Joseph Keller, of Bayonne, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Bayonne, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 114
- JOHN ROBERT GMACKCorporal · May 28, 1970
- RONALD ALPHONSE KREBSBACHSpecialist Four · May 28, 1970
- ARTURO LOPEZ JRSpecialist Four · May 28, 1970
- EDMUND MICHAEL LOUGHLINPrivate First Class · May 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EUGENE PRITTPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 115
- GREGORY WILLIAM SHEELERSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 116
From Bayonne
- MICHAEL DANIEL CHWANCaptain · September 30, 1965
- STANLEY JOHN KOPCINSKILance Corporal · May 14, 1966
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MCGUIREPrivate · March 20, 1967
- THOMAS CHESTER BEKIEMPISLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- VICTOR MANUEL NEGRONAirman First Class · September 19, 1967
- FRANK ANDRISANO JRCorporal · November 19, 1967
- DONALD JOSEPH CRUDENStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS SOSNOWSKICaptain · February 16, 1968
- JAMES WITTPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- WACLAW JOZEF MACZULSKIGunnery Sergeant · March 21, 1968
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.