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GRAT ALBERT KEENE
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 22, 1945 – March 31, 1968
Service recordGrat Albert Keene, of Palatka, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 7 BN 8 ARTY
- Born
- January 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Palatka, Florida (Putnam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Long An Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 23
- THOMAS JAMES KOVACEVICHPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- RICHARD FREDERICK LINKSPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- ALLAN LEON MAIRPetty Officer Third Class · March 31, 1968
- JOHN PHILLIP MATLOCKSpecialist Four · March 31, 1968
From Palatka
- WILLIAM DAVID HOWSA RAGINCaptain · August 20, 1964
- HENRY ALBERT DEUTSCHCaptain · May 11, 1965
- KENNETH RAY HORNEPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- WILLIAM YOUNGPrivate First Class · December 9, 1966
- WALTER GENE MERVIN ELLISSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- DAVID FRANK BURNEYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- EUGENE SMALLPrivate · March 20, 1968
- HERBERT HOOVER SWEAT JRCorporal · February 21, 1969
- EDWARD BRAXTON FULGHAM JRPrivate First Class · June 23, 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.