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GERALD BRICE KEENE
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 19, 1947 – July 28, 1967
Service recordGerald Brice Keene, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 12
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 12
- JOHN R EVANSSergeant · July 28, 1967
- ROBERT OMER GAGNEFirst Lieutenant · July 28, 1967
- MANUEL MENDEZ GARCIA JRLance Corporal · July 28, 1967
- KERMIT HAROLD LABELLE JRPrivate First Class · July 28, 1967
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 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.