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JAMES LEE KEENER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 31, 1948 – September 2, 1967
Service recordJames Lee Keener, of Ivydale, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 2, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 85
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
- Tracked Vehicle Repairer, Assault Amphibious Vehicle (2142)
- Born
- January 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Ivydale, West Virginia (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1967; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 85
- JAY DEAN JOHNSONCorporal · September 2, 1967
- ALLAN GEORGE KALFASLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WAYNE RICHARD KLOESELance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- ARTHUR WELKER REINHARDTPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
From Ivydale
- DARRIUS WAYNE ADAMSCorporal · May 5, 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.