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JAMES MASON KELLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 29, 1949 – May 5, 1970
Service recordJames Mason Keller, of Rockland, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Rockland, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 102
- ROBERT EDWARD HERNDONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1970
- ROGER EMIL HOLLERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1970
- GERALD ALBERT KULMSergeant · May 5, 1970
- JACK DAVID LEOPARDSpecialist Four · May 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN RAYMOND FEESERPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 101
- ROGER EMIL HOLLERPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 102
- JACK DAVID LEOPARDSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 102
- BOYD WAYNE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 106
- ROBERT WARD WORTHINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 108
From Rockland
- JAMES EDWARD MCCUEPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- BRUCE EDWIN JONESCorporal · February 25, 1968
- CHARLES DENNIS BARTLETTSpecialist Five · August 8, 1968
- JOHN MARTIN BURKECorporal · March 20, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER JOHN BEANSpecialist Four · June 9, 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.