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GERALD ROBERT KEENEY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 3, 1941 – December 28, 1964
Service recordGerald Robert Keeney, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 3, 1941
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1964
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1964. In December 1964, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 78
- HARRY GRIFFITH CRAMERCaptain · October 21, 1957
- ROY ELSWORTH CONGLETONMajor · December 21, 1964
- JOE PARKSSergeant First Class · December 22, 1964
- EMMETT HARVEY HORNSergeant · December 23, 1964
- JAMES ROBERT HAGENLieutenant Colonel · December 24, 1964
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
- MARVIN ELLIS CURRYSpecialist Four · October 31, 1965
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.