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HARPER BROWN KEELER
Major · U.S. Air Force
August 9, 1935 – January 30, 1969
Service recordHarper Brown Keeler, of Galveston, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 30, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 20
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 9, 1935
- Home of record
- Galveston, Texas (Galveston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1969; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 20
- LEE HAMILTON HARRASpecialist Four · January 30, 1969
- GARY NEAL ISAACSPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- WILBERT DWAYNE KANOSHCorporal · January 30, 1969
- RONALD NEIL SAMPLELance Corporal · January 30, 1969
From Galveston
- HERMAN WILLIAM SILVEEPrivate First Class · August 1, 1965
- JOE CHARLES LILE IISpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- WALTER MULLER JRSergeant · August 12, 1966
- FELIX RICO RAMOS JRLance Corporal · August 21, 1966
- RICHARD ALAN NANCEAirman First Class · October 25, 1966
- MARION LEE KEMPNERSecond Lieutenant · November 11, 1966
- RICHARD GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- GREGORY C CLEMENTCaptain · February 23, 1967
- ARMANDO GALLARDOCorporal · April 24, 1967
- FRANK HENRY BERAN IIILance Corporal · May 20, 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.