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GLEN CAMERON KEENE JR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
July 4, 1947 – July 2, 1969
Service recordGlen Cameron Keene JR, of Fairhope, Alabama, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 2, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 46
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
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- July 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Fairhope, Alabama (Baldwin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 46
- DAVID PAUL INGERSOLLCorporal · July 2, 1969
- MICHAEL PETER KLOTZPrivate First Class · July 2, 1969
- KENNETH ARTHUR MAHLPrivate First Class · July 2, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES MOSLEYSpecialist Four · July 2, 1969
From Fairhope
- EDWARD MOSLEYTechnical Sergeant · October 15, 1967
- WILLIE RAY LAYPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- LONNIE ADKEN DILBECKPrivate First Class · January 1, 1969
- ANDREW GEORGE HAWTHORNESpecialist Four · July 31, 1970
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.