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FREDDIE JOE KEELEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 1, 1946 – October 24, 1967
Service recordFreddie Joe Keeley, of Millington, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 60
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Millington, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 60
- ROBERT DEAN CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- GARY WAYNE HAWKINSPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- ROBERT DUANE JESSENSpecialist Four · October 24, 1967
- THOMAS STEVEN JONESSpecialist Four · October 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DEAN CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 60
- GARY WAYNE HAWKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 60
- RAYNALDO POLENDOSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 62
- BASIL LEE SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 62
- JOEL LUTHER SCHUBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 62
From Millington
- MARK FOSTER UDELLPrivate First Class · May 19, 1966
- THOMETT DARTHAN CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- PAUL JOSEPH STRAUSSERPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- ROBERT L SMITHSergeant · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM LARRY EVANSSpecialist Four · June 7, 1967
- JAMES ELTON ONEALSergeant · November 24, 1967
- CLIFTON MALONEStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1968
- LARRY MURDOCKSergeant · March 4, 1969
- ELTON HARROLD ALEXANDERPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY YOUNT JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 24, 1970
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.