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GEORGE RICHARD KELLER
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 5, 1943 – May 27, 1970
Service recordGeorge Richard Keller, of Farmington, New Mexico, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 27, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Farmington, New Mexico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 109
- JOHN LEWIS HARLEYCorporal · May 27, 1970
- GLENN HUNG NIN LEECaptain · May 27, 1970
- MICHAEL ROBERT MAIDENSSergeant · May 27, 1970
- EDWARD ARTHUR MATHESSpecialist Four · May 27, 1970
From Farmington
- CURTIS H RANSDELLSergeant · July 7, 1966
- LEO KEITH THORNTONSergeant · August 27, 1966
- MICHAEL JOE KRUGSergeant · September 30, 1967
- BILLIE JAMESSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
- RICHARD DWAYNE FAIRCLOTHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- JAMES GARLAND SANDERSSpecialist Five · October 25, 1968
- RICHARD LEE ALLENStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1969
- FILEMON SERRANOPrivate First Class · March 20, 1969
- DENNIS ALAN WILLIAMSPrivate · March 24, 1969
- HERBERT ARVISOSergeant · October 26, 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.