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GEORGE FREDERICK KEIPER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 2, 1949 – September 15, 1968
Service recordGeorge Frederick Keiper, of Burbank, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 65
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Burbank, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 65
- DUANE JOSEPH KUEHNPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
- TIMOTHY KEITH MAHONEYCorporal · September 15, 1968
- TIMOTHY JAMES MELVILLEPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MILLERWarrant Officer 1 · September 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LILO ELMER ALDOUSCorporal · Panel 44W, Line 60
- RICHARD LEE COOPERSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 62
- FRANK WARREN CROSSChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 44W, Line 62
- ROBERT L FOSTERSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 63
- HARRY B HAMBLETON IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 44W, Line 64
- LARRY CRAIG HIGGINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 64
- DUANE JOSEPH KUEHNPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 65
From Burbank
- DONALD EDWARD CLOSECaptain · May 15, 1965
- JAMES ALVIN BEENELieutenant Commander · October 5, 1966
- STEVEN DAVID FRANCISPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- STEPHEN DONALD PLEASANTPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- JAMES HERBERT FLICKINGERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- STEPHEN PAUL HANSONMajor · June 3, 1967
- WAYNE EDWIN HALSTEADLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
- RONALD REED KINGCorporal · September 21, 1967
- TERRY MICHAEL ENRIQUEZPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- DOUGLAS RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 13, 1967
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.