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FRANK LESLIE KECK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 1, 1946 – March 29, 1969
Service recordFrank Leslie Keck, of Kalkaska, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 82
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Kalkaska, Michigan (Kalkaska County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 82
- LARRY KEITH HOCUTTPrivate · March 29, 1969
- ROBERT DEAN LAUBERCorporal · March 29, 1969
- ROMAN HENRY LEICHTPrivate First Class · March 29, 1969
- MARIO ROBERT LEONPrivate First Class · March 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TERRY JOE BARNHOLDTSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 78
- RICHARD JOSEPH SCHWICHOWStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 80
- LARRY KEITH HOCUTTPrivate · Panel 28W, Line 82
- JOHN LEROY PARTEESergeant First Class · Panel 28W, Line 84
- VICTOR HEENAN PRITCHARDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 85
- THOMAS ARTHUR WIESECorporal · Panel 28W, Line 88
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.