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JEFFREY CHARLES KEETLE
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 2, 1949 – March 23, 1971
Service recordJeffrey Charles Keetle, of Ashland, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 70
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Ashland, Ohio (Ashland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 70
- PAUL JOHN FOTIChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 23, 1971
- JESSIE JAMES GARTHPrivate First Class · March 23, 1971
- JOHN DIETRICH HEINZSergeant · March 23, 1971
- DENNIS MICHAEL HOTALINGSpecialist Four · March 23, 1971
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BOSILJEVACMajor · September 29, 1972
Same unit, same day
- JOHN DIETRICH HEINZSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 70
- JEFFERY IGLESIAS QUINTANILLASergeant · Panel 4W, Line 71
- LANCE ALLEN ROBINSONCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 71
- WARREN PAUL SEAWELCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 71
From Ashland
- ROGER DEAN ADAMSLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE KANEPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- ELDON JOHN KIRKPATRICK JRPrivate First Class · March 11, 1968
- RICHARD PAUL LONGPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
- JAMES STEPHENSPrivate First Class · February 11, 1969
- KENNETH RICHARD HEIFNERPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- EARL ERNEST ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · June 23, 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.