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GERALD EDWARD KEESLING
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
December 29, 1946 – November 22, 1969
Service recordGerald Edward Keesling, of St Peters, Missouri, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 22, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 110
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- December 29, 1946
- Home of record
- St Peters, Missouri (St Charles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 110
- FRANCIS MARION MONROESergeant · November 22, 1969
- PATRICK LAWRENCE PURDINHospitalman · November 22, 1969
- MICHAEL EDWARD QUINNLieutenant Commander · November 22, 1969
- WESLEY MELVIN SIDENERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1969
From St Peters
- DOUGLAS DRUE GAYLORDCaptain · March 16, 1969
- ANDREW BRYAN RANKINLance Corporal · April 29, 1969
- DONNIE RAY CONNERLance Corporal · February 14, 1973
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.