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GARTH WAYNE KECK JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 11, 1947 – June 3, 1966
Service recordGarth Wayne Keck JR, of Woodward, Oklahoma, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 3, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 3
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 3 MAR
- Born
- February 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Woodward, Oklahoma (Woodward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 3
- JORGE LUIS ISALES-BENITEZSpecialist Four · June 3, 1966
- DONALD LEE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 3, 1966
- RUSSELL EMIL KRAUSEPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- THEODORE EUGENE KRYSZAKColonel · June 3, 1966
From Woodward
- WENDELL EUGENE CHURCHILLPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- THOMAS RAY ALLENMajor · July 31, 1967
- FRANCIS IVAN FOILESPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- DARRELL EUGENE HOLDINGPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
- EARL WAYNE MCDOWELLSpecialist Four · August 14, 1969
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.