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JAMES LOUIS KELLER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 26, 1947 – April 17, 1968
Service recordJames Louis Keller, of Visalia, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Visalia, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 30
- JEFFREY EARL LAMBERTCorporal · April 17, 1968
- FRANCIS WILLIAM LAMON JRPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS LANGENFELDPetty Officer Third Class · April 17, 1968
- ROGER LEE NEGERPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY MICHAEL ARCHIBALDPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 25
- CHARLES ROBERT FRANKLINPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 27
- JERRY MOSBYPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 31
From Visalia
- DANNY DAVID DYESpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- ALONZO DALE WOODSSergeant · May 2, 1967
- REYNALDO B FLOREZPrivate First Class · June 26, 1967
- ROGER GORDON LEADBETTERSergeant · February 10, 1968
- LOUR LEDESMASergeant · April 23, 1968
- MICHAEL MALLORY MONTGOMERYCorporal · May 5, 1968
- PHILLIP SHERMAN MOHNIKEChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 27, 1969
- CHARLES BENNY HIGHTPrivate · May 1, 1969
- LAWRENCE ROBERT WARFSpecialist Four · January 3, 1970
- FLOYD DANIEL WIMERSergeant · January 27, 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.