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JASPER LEE KEEN
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 6, 1939 – May 19, 1966
Service recordJasper Lee Keen, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 86
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 6, 1939
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 86
- ROGER EDWARD JOZWIAKLance Corporal · May 19, 1966
- GARY STEVEN KADETZSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1966
- MICHAEL RAYMOND KIEHLPrivate First Class · May 19, 1966
- MICHAEL WINSTON KILROYCaptain · May 19, 1966
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JAMES PATRICK ODONNELLSergeant · January 25, 1966
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.