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JERRY EDWARD KEKEL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 4, 1944 – November 29, 1969
Service recordJerry Edward Kekel, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 4
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist (55D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- November 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 4
- ROY ALLEN EPPERSONCorporal · November 29, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL GARRETTPetty Officer Third Class · November 29, 1969
- HENRY NICHOLAS HEIDE IISpecialist Four · November 29, 1969
- DENNIS WAYNE HOLTORFPrivate First Class · November 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CLARENCE LOGWOODSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 5
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.