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JAMES ROBERT KEIM
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 7, 1946 – July 22, 1968
Service recordJames Robert Keim, of Russellville, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 22, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 31
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Russellville, Arkansas (Pope County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 31
- DAVID MICHAEL DROBFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 1968
- EVERETT WHITE EVERETTHospitalman · July 22, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER GARCIAPrivate First Class · July 22, 1968
- SIEGFRIED LOUIS GRAEBNERCaptain · July 22, 1968
From Russellville
- GUY THOMAS FREELANDSergeant First Class · December 8, 1964
- DARRELL DWANE BRATTONPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- JIMMY DON FULFORDLance Corporal · July 12, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT HALECorporal · May 14, 1969
- NORMAN WADE TEETERSergeant · 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.