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JAY LYNN KECK
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
December 18, 1922 – October 12, 1969
Service recordJay Lynn Keck, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 12, 1969, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 18, 1922
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1969
- Age
- 46
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 71
- FOREST DENVER JOHNSON JRCorporal · October 12, 1969
- WAYNE MORRIS LENDERMANPrivate First Class · October 12, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES RINCKSpecialist Four · October 12, 1969
- RICHARD RAYMOND STOLARUNLance Corporal · October 12, 1969
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 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.