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JAMES EDMUND KEELER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 3, 1945 – March 19, 1966
Service recordJames Edmund Keeler, of Hammond, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 19, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 23
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 1 MAR
- Born
- January 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Hammond, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “I CO 3 BN 1 MAR”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 23
- ALEXANDER D RODARTEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
- JIMMIE LEWIS WALLACE JRPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
- JAMES PRITCHARD WILLIAMSCaptain · March 19, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
From Hammond
- DONALD RAY VINSONSergeant · July 14, 1965
- BENNY EDWARD FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- JAMES RONALD SECHRESTPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- GARY STEPHEN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · January 20, 1967
- HENRY JOSEPH MARKOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- WILLIAM EUGENE CZARNYLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- BERNARD MERLE LUSKPrivate First Class · August 28, 1967
- TIMOTHY ROBERT KESSLERSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- WAYNE ALLEN MICHALAKAirman · February 4, 1968
- STEVE WILLIAM LEWICKISpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
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.